
Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood
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Celebrate the joys of Black boyhood with stories from 17 best-selling, critically acclaimed Black authors - including Jason Reynolds (the Track series), Jerry Craft (New Kid), and Kwame Mbalia (the Tristan Strong series)!
Black boy joy is...
Picking out a fresh first-day-of-school outfit.
Saving the universe in an epic intergalactic race.
Finding your voice - and your rhymes - during tough times.
Flying on your skateboard like nobody’s watching.
And more! From 17 acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.
Contributors include: B. B. Alston, Dean Atta, P. Djèlí Clark, Jay Coles, Jerry Craft, Lamar Giles, Don P. Hooper, George M. Johnson, Varian Johnson, Kwame Mbalia, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Tochi Onyebuchi, Julian Randall, Jason Reynolds, Justin Reynolds, DaVaun Sanders, and Julian Winters
Cover illustration by Kadir Nelson
- Listening Length6 hours and 29 minutes
- Audible release dateAugust 3, 2021
- LanguageEnglish
- ASINB08X1GMHBY
- VersionUnabridged
- Program TypeAudiobook
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Product details
Listening Length | 6 hours and 29 minutes |
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Author | Kwame Mbalia - editor |
Narrator | Amir Abdullah, Taj Leahy |
Whispersync for Voice | Ready |
Audible.com Release Date | August 03, 2021 |
Publisher | Listening Library |
Program Type | Audiobook |
Version | Unabridged |
Language | English |
ASIN | B08X1GMHBY |
Best Sellers Rank | #47,846 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #32 in Anthologies & Short Stories for Children #37 in African American Stories for Children #560 in Children's Short Story Collections |
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Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2023
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 7, 2023

To address the 1star reviews: there is LGBTQ+ content in this book. Nothing that I as a parent feel uncomfortable speaking to my 2.5yo and 7/8yo about. I actually found it a great opportunity to expand on previous conversations and appreciate the way that those parts were written. If you want to keep your kids in a cave, in denial of average, everyday occurrences in world, if you want to keep your child’s mind small then this may not be the book for you. If you want to raise a conscious, empathic and well rounded child then this is a good book for you. Love the book all around.
There's a delightfully wide range of genres, formats and kinds of characters featured in this book, and I loved all of it--there's fantasy, slice-of-life, a comic, poetry, and prose. And much of the African diaspora is represented here: there are characters from and settings include America, Africa, and the Caribbean. Truly something for everyone.
Anthologies are often an uneven reading experience, as the stories can feel hit or miss, and there might be 2 or 3 stories that I really enjoy while feeling unmoved by the rest. But THIS collection is very strong throughout, which only maybe 2 stories that felt like they were written by writers on the very early side of developing their craft.
I loved that these stories featured and uplifted Black boys and were written by Black men and nonbinary writers. I loved that the level of conflict included in the actual stories was kept light so that none of it was a traumatic read, even while knowing via context that some of the characters had probably had a hard time at some point or another. I loved that some stories starred queer Black boy characters--we don't get to see that enough in middle grade.
A treat and a delight and incredibly well done. Highly recommend.
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Luckily I also have children in my life who do fit the profile, so can share the joy with them. 9 to 12 year olds are too young to have an Amazon account, so won't be able to review Kwame Mbalia's fabulous story collection. On their behalf I'd like to say thank you to all the authors, poets and artists who have created such a positive, imaginative, beautiful book. And have introduced me to US ways of speaking, lots of it poetic, great use of words, creatively different to the UK. The language of magic and love is universal.
Most of all, 'Black Boy Joy' is inspiring. Don't give up, keep trying, keep believing and helping each other.
And laughter always helps!


The one star was for the condition of the dust jacket. Otherwise this book is an AMAZING collection of stories!


Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 15, 2022
The one star was for the condition of the dust jacket. Otherwise this book is an AMAZING collection of stories!
