Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | Derrick Barnes (Author) + Gordon C. James (Illustrator) Nina Chhita Better than a Touchdown is

Better than a Touchdown is a love letter to the power of community

Whether you're stepping into fatherhood for the first time or figuring it out as you go

For generations

and soon--with the help of a pill bug named Icky--they wrangle a ladder and build a tree fort

Nautilus Book Award

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | Derrick Barnes (Author) + Gordon C. James (Illustrator) Nina Chhita Better than a Touchdown isWinner of the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers A Newbery Honor Book A Caldecott Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book An Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award Book An Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor Book A Society of Illustrators Gold Medal Book Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR, the Huffington Post, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, the Horn