Happy Birthday, Jacqueline Woodson!
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Woodson has gone on to write several acclaimed books featuring characters of different races, genders and classes, including her autobiographical novel in verse, Brown Girl Dreaming. She is a committed champion of diverse books and believes that children “have the power to change the world.”