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| Author | Jason Reynolds |
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| Illustrator | Jason Griffin |
| Language | English |
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| Published | January 11, 2022[1] |
| Publisher | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books[1] |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 384[1] |
| ISBN | 978-1-5344-3946-7 |
Ain't Burned All the Bright is a 2022 young-adult picture book written by Jason Reynolds, with artwork by Jason Griffin. Narrated by an African-American youth who copes along with his family amid the early months of COVID-19, the work is set to sparse, first-person poetic prose and stylistic illustrations, and is divided into three sections called "Breaths".
Reynolds and Griffin, who previously collaborated on 2009's My Name Is Jason. Mine Too: Our Story, Our Way, returned between summer 2020 and early 2021 to work on this title. Reynolds wrote the first draft of the text in minutes, while Griffin crafted the illustrations within Moleskine notebooks. Published in January 2022 by Atheneum/Simon & Schuster's Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, Ain't Burned All the Bright was well-acclaimed and became a Caldecott Honoree in 2023.
- ^ a b c d McCauley, Mary Carole (December 26, 2021). "Reading ahead: New book releases with Baltimore ties that make us look forward to 2022". The Baltimore Sun. p. E.1. Archived from the original on July 16, 2023. Retrieved July 15, 2023 – via ProQuest.