Twas the Night Before Pride, Joanna McClintick
Twas the Night Before Pride, Joanna McClintick
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'Twas the Night Before Pride

Author: Joanna McClintick

Narrator: Vikas Adam

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/10/2022

Synopsis

On the night before Pride, families everywhere are preparing to partake. As one family packs snacks and makes signs, an older sibling shares the importance of the march with the newest member of the family. Reflecting on the day, the siblings agree that the best thing about Pride is getting to be yourself. This joyful homage to a day of community and inclusion—and to the joys of anticipation—is also a comprehensive history. With lyrical, age-appropriate rhymes modeled on “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” it tackles difficult content such as the Stonewall Riots and the AIDS marches.

About Joanna McClintick

Joanna McClintick is a children's book author and a licensed social worker at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center in Manhattan. When she was dreaming about building her family, she wrote this poem to honor Pride's history of resistance and imagined sharing it with her future child one day. It has become a tradition to read it at their annual brunch the day before the Pride March with family and friends. She lives with her wife and child in Brooklyn.

About Juana Medina

Juana Medina is the author-illustrator of the 2017 Pura Belpré Author Award winner Juana & Lucas, as well as Juana & Lucas: Big Problemas, Juana & Lucas: Muchos Changes, and many other titles. She has also illustrated numerous picture books, including Doreen Cronin’s Smick! and Elise Primavera’s I’m a Baked Potato! Born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, she now lives with her family in the Washington, DC, area.

About Vikas Adam

Vikas Adam is the acclaimed narrator of over two hundred audiobooks in a wide range of genres. An inaugural inductee into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame, he has garnered numerous awards and nominations, including Earphones, Audies, and various Best of the Year lists. A classically trained actor with stage, film, commercial, and television credits, he is also a lecturer in the UCLA Theater Department.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Read by Curtis on April 18, 2022

'Twas the Night Before Pride by Joanna McClintick is a children’s book to be published on May 10, 2022. I received an advanced audiobook copy from Dreamscape Media and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. If you’re like me, you’re dumbfounded that no one has thought to write this book bef......more

Goodreads review by Eric on June 07, 2022

A great way to introduce children to the meaning and history of Pride.......more

Goodreads review by Zak on July 01, 2023

'Twas the Night Before Pride is a delightful book that beautifully captures the essence of pride. The story is not only lovely but also serves as a perfect tool for parents and teachers to explain the significance of pride to young children. The engaging illustrations throughout the book add an extr......more

Quotes

. . . An affirming and kid-friendly history lesson.

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