'Twas the Night Before Pride
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Prideâs . . . a day that means âTogether, we are strong!â
This joyful picture-book homage to a day of community and inclusionâand to the joys of anticipationâis also a comprehensive history. With bright, buoyant illustrations and lyrical, age-appropriate rhyme modeled on ââTwas the Night Before Christmas,â it tackles difficult content such as the Stonewall Riots and the AIDS marches. On the night before Pride, families everywhere are preparing to partake. As one family packs snacks and makes signs, an older sibling shares the importance of the march with the newest member of the family. Reflecting on the day, the siblings agree that the best thing about Pride is getting to be yourself. Debut author Joanna McClintick and Pura BelprÃĐ Awardâwinning author-illustrator Juana Medina create a new classic that pays homage to the beauty of families of all compositionsâand of all-inclusive love.
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Joanna McClintick is a debut children's book author and a licensed social worker at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center in Manhattan. When she was dreaming about building her family, she wrote this poem to honor Pride's history of resistance and imagined sharing it with her future child one day. It has become a tradition to read it at their annual brunch the day before the Pride March with family and friends. Joanna McClintick lives with her wife and child in Brooklyn.
Juana Medina is the author-illustrator of Juana & Lucas</i>, which won the 2017 Pura BelprÃĐ Author Award; Juana & Lucas: Big Problemas</i>; Juana & Lucas: Muchos Changes</i>; and many other titles and has illustrated numerous picture books, including Smick! by Doreen Cronin and Iâm a Baked Potato! by Elise Primavera. Born and raised in BogotÃĄ, Colombia, Juana Medina now lives with her family in the Washington DC area.
