Written by: Alicia D. Williams.

Illustrated by: Jacqueline Alcántara.

A picture book that shines the light on Zora Neale Hurston, the writer and storycatcher extraordinaire who changed the face of American literature.

Zora was a girl who hankered for tales like bees for honey. Now, her mama always told her that if she wanted something, “to jump at de sun”, because even though you might not land quite that high, at least you’d get off the ground. So Zora jumped from place to place, from the porch of the general store where she listened to folktales, to Howard University, to Harlem. And everywhere she jumped, she shined sunlight on the tales most people hadn’t been bothered to listen to until Zora. The tales no one had written down until Zora. Tales on a whole culture of literature overlooked… until Zora. Until Zora jumped. (From GoodReads.)

There is a downloadable curriculum guide available on the author’s website.

There is a colouring sheet available from the illustrator’s website.

Recommended by Tonya Abari.