Juneteenth: Our Day of Freedom: Step Into Reading

SHARON DENNIS WYETH has written nearly fifty books for children, including several books in the My America series. She is also a poet, and a member of the Cave Canem Fellowship for African-American Poets. Her picture book Something Beautiful was selected by the Children’s Book Council as a Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. Her picture book Always My Dad is a Reading Rainbow Selection. She also enjoys singing, hiking, cooking, and gardening. She lives in New Jersey.

KIM HOLT'S passion for art started at an early age. Living directly across from the Brooklyn Museum was a blessing and an inspiration that greatly influenced her artistic path. She spend countless Saturdays there as a young girl. Kim received her BBA in Marketing from Howard University and her BFA in Animation from the Academy of Art University. Her goal as an artist is to create images that bring back memories and create pictures that make children wish they were inside the scenes. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two dogs, Sugar and Spice.