Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman Has A Children’s Book Coming Out Soon
As you most likely know, today was the Presidential Inauguration for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. While they were top billing, the star of the show turned out to be Amanda Gorman who read her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the event. Gorman who is a recent Harvard College graduate is no stranger to the spotlight as she is first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate and published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015. For those of us in the Early childhood education world, it is interesting to note that Gorman is also soon coming out with a children’s book called “Change Sings” illustrated by Loren Long. You can learn more about it in her Facebook post below and see her read her poem at today’s inauguration below that.
