Tell Me About Juneteenth, Kortney Nash
Tell Me About Juneteenth, Kortney Nash
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Tell Me About Juneteenth

Author: Kortney Nash

Narrator: Melinda Sewak

Unabridged: 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/20/2025

Synopsis

Celebrate Juneteenth with this empowering audiobook, which features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun!

On June 19, 1865, the last enslaved African Americans were finally freed in Galveston, Texas. Every year, our community comes together to honor this special day. We play hopscotch, eat spice cake, and listen to music, but what about the first Juneteenth?

As family and friends recount their memories and stories of Juneteenths past, a young girl learns about the holiday's longstanding history and traditions.

Filled with accessible language,, this educational book joyfully welcomes listeners to the block party!

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.

About Kortney Nash

Kortney Nash is from Los Angeles and has celebrated many Juneteenths in Leimert Park. Tell Me About Juneteenth is her first picture book. When not writing, she can be found cross stitching or trying out new recipes in the kitchen. Connect with her on Twitter.

About DeAndra Hodge

DeAndra Hodge is an illustrator and character designer based in Washington D.C. She graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Art from the University of Montevallo. She is the illustrator of Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark by Allen R. Wells. DeAndra grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, a.k.a “Rocket City” where Yvonne Clark spent a summer working on the Saturn V booster engine.

About Melinda Sewak

Melinda Sewak (she/her/hers) is an Emmy-nominated story chaser, whose rich, lyrical, and welcoming voice brings life to an ever-growing cast of characters. Her facility with language is deeply immersive and has added dimension to 25+ audiobooks, ranging from children’s fiction to YA to romantic comedy to fantasy. Melinda has been fine-tuning her ability to convey the truth and the comedy in every story by drawing on her own diverse life experiences as a Black, queer creator – having grown up as a first-generation Haitian-American, graduated with a BA in Theater Studies from Yale University, toured as a jazz a cappella singer, worked as a firefighter and rescuer, conducted and published critical care and emergency medicine research, attended medical school, coached as a certified personal trainer, served as a Shakespeare teaching artist, worked in IT as a data and business analyst – and professionally acting on stage and screen. While varied, the through-line has always been a love for people and storytelling – and an always-present desire, evident in the rhythm and curiosity that exude from her voice, to discover, to share, and to connect with story and listener alike.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mai on January 23, 2025

An important primer for children learning about this holiday. My company finally got it off last year. Does yours? 🎧 Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Young Listeners......more

Goodreads review by Lois on February 05, 2025

This high-quality audiobook production has full musical soundtrack, sounds of kids playing outside, grilling sounds, conversation background noises, all of which play underneath the narration of Melinda Sewak. Melinda has a rich and melodious voice, which manges to convey building excitement and joy......more

Goodreads review by Theresa on April 25, 2025

Tell Me About Juneteenth (Hardcover) by Kortney Nash A story of community celebration history, family and understanding history. This book shows the inquisitive nature of children looking into the African American history, and community celebration. Starting with her family she finds how the Juneteent......more

Goodreads review by Amy on March 11, 2025

Tell Me About Juneteenth, written by Kortney Nash and narrated by Melinda Sewak is a sweet but educational book told by a young girl experiencing a Juneteenth celebration. She loves her experience, but wants to know more about what Juneteenth means, and what the first Juneteenth was like. She is abl......more

Goodreads review by Dusty on May 27, 2025

This was a fun audiobook to listen to with my kids about Juneteenth. The narrator was lively did great with the character conversations and keeping my kids engaged. The sound effects also added some flare. This book takes an important part of history and explains it in a way that’s clear, honest, an......more

Quotes

"A kid-friendly exploration of a significant national holiday."—Kirkus

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