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Antwan Eady
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Author ✍🏽NIGEL AND THE MOON | POEMHOOD (YA Anthology) | THE LAST STAND | THE GATHERING TABLE ‘25 | MICAH’S RISE |🐅🤙🏽 | Agent: Steven Malk |he/him
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just getting started.
September 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Mississippi! Give me all the cicadas and exoskeletons.

*I worked in an entomology lab back in the day btw. Not to toot my own horn but I assisted in the naming of an invasive species of ants that had migrated from China to the U.S. Fun fact about me 🤣

@bowru took this photo! Bo 🥹🙌🏽💛
September 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Q&A with Antwan Eady about his new children's picture book, THE GATHERING TABLE.
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August 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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August 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Celebrate the winners of the NCTE Children's Book and Poetry Awards—Dan SaSuWeh Jones, @antwaneady.bsky.social, and Charles R. Smith Jr.—at the 2025 NCTE Annual Convention. Available as part of your #NCTE25 registration for an additional $45. Save your spot! https://convention.ncte.org/registration/
August 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Antwan Eady: Let Your Dreams Carry You
Antwan Eady’s newest picture book, The Gathering Table (Knopf, 2025), illustrated by London Ladd, is a powerful recounting of a year of celebrations happening around one outdoor family table where foo...
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August 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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M/J #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @antwaneady.bsky.social + London Ladd about THE GATHERING TABLE (@randomhousekids.bsky.social): "AE: The gathering table served as a hub where traditions were passed on, lessons were learned, + my family’s cooking nourished our souls" www.hbook.com/story/publis...
Publishers' Preview: Diverse Books: Five Questions for Antwan Eady and London Ladd
From the May/June 2025 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Perception and Reality.
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June 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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#ala
June 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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This book. Borrow it, buy it, share it, gift it.💗💗💗 Just Beautiful, @antwaneady.bsky.social & London Ladd!🌟🌟🌟

Happy Juneteenth!💗🎉🌟

#KidLit #Juneteenth
Image of the front cover of the picture book, The Gathering Table, written by Antwan Eady & illustrated by London Ladd.
June 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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It's a #bookgiveaway! Come "Behind the Book" and chat with author @antwaneady.bsky.social about his new picture book, THE GATHERING TABLE, illustrated by @londonladd.bsky.social
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+ enter to #win a copy of your own! anitraroweschulte.com/blog/behindt... #giveaway #entertowin
Behind the Book with Antwan Eady — Anitra Rowe Schulte
It’s been super exciting, following the author journey and stories of Antwan Eady . Antwan’s picture books are exactly the kind that pop off the shelf to me, and so many readers. They are intimate ...
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June 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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★ THE GATHERING TABLE from Antwan Eady and illustrator London Ladd is an “artfully rendered picture book” that follows “family members com[ing] together again and again—never leaving empty-handed”
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In an artfully rendered picture book that spans numerous events, a child recounts a Black family’s tradition of standing around ...
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March 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Antwan Eady uses a family table at the center of a multigenerational African American family's outdoor celebrations from anniversaries, weddings, births to special holidays like Juneteenth. Gorgeous illustrations by London Ladd.
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May 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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I love a picture book that makes me tear up! @antwaneady.bsky.social and London Ladd 🙌
June 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒆 is NOW AVAILABLE Nationwide!!!!! My first hand painted picture book is here yall… 🤓🌍🎨✨
And it’s about the origins of humanity. The first ancestors of Every. Person. On. This. Earth.

Order your copy today!!>> www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721499...

#TheHistoryOfWE #Summer
May 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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My sweet nephew.
May 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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17 picture books for summer from We Are Kid Lit Collective. More:

www.slj.com/story/17-joy... @sujeilugo.bsky.social @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social @antwaneady.bsky.social @carolelindstrom.bsky.social @erikadraws.bsky.social @aidawrites.bsky.social @authorjamilah.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Happy book birthday to @antwaneady.bsky.social and London Ladd's The Gathering Table!
May 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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❤️💐 Happy Book Birthday to THE GATHERING TABLE by @antwaneady.bsky.social and London Ladd (Illustrator), both of whom we've been thrilled to have at our #kidlit Color of Children's Literature Conference in 2024 and 2025!
antwaneady.bsky.social Antwan Eady @antwaneady.bsky.social · Mar 25
Second starred review for THE GATHERING TABLE. Illustrated by London Ladd. 🌊🦀
Graphic with spread from The Gathering Table as background. Inserted image is from Publishers Weekly - “In an artfully rendered picture book that spans numerous events, a child recounts a Black family's tradition of The standing around a table under a river birch tree that's GATHERING TABLE draped with Spanish moss. Ladd employs acrylic paint, cut Arewan Eady A Loodon Lada paper, and tissue paper, giving each verdant image impasto- like height, and elegantly underlining themes "Of love. Of hope. Of pride. Of freedom" as the family members come together again and again-never leaving empty-handed.”
May 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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2025 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Honor
April 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
antwaneady.bsky.social
Second starred review for THE GATHERING TABLE. Illustrated by London Ladd. 🌊🦀
Graphic with spread from The Gathering Table as background. Inserted image is from Publishers Weekly - “In an artfully rendered picture book that spans numerous events, a child recounts a Black family's tradition of The standing around a table under a river birch tree that's GATHERING TABLE draped with Spanish moss. Ladd employs acrylic paint, cut Arewan Eady A Loodon Lada paper, and tissue paper, giving each verdant image impasto- like height, and elegantly underlining themes "Of love. Of hope. Of pride. Of freedom" as the family members come together again and again-never leaving empty-handed.”
March 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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🧑🏾‍🌾🚜! Longer thank you on IG. But I’m grateful!

2025 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Honor.
February 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Did you see? Did you see? The Ezra Jack Keats Awards were announced today! You can take a peek at the brand new winners in a press release at the end of this post. But before we get to any of that, what exactly ARE the Ezra Jack Keats Awards? #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/02/20/t...
The Ezra Jack Keats Award in Conversation: New Winners and Older Thoughts
Did you see? Did you see? The Ezra Jack Keats Awards were announced today! You can take a peek at the brand new winners in a press release at the end of this post. But before we get to any of that, wh...
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February 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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First review. And it’s a starred review.

The Gathering Table. Illustrated by London Ladd. On shelves May 6th. Preorder links in bio! 🌊🦀

★ "Sumptuous and immersive—perfect for encouraging kids to celebrate their own family connections." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Cover of The Gathering Table with illustrations by London Ladd. A boy (center) stands with a plate of food on a wooden table, surrounded by his family outside. Scene from The Gathering Table. Illustrated by London Ladd. A grandad and a grandmother embrace.
February 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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🗣️ Savannah!

Details:

Saturday, February 8th: Bull Street Location (Live Oak Public Libraries). 10:30am-11:30am

Thursday, February 13th: Springfield Location (Live Oak Public Library). 4pm-5pm

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February 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Keeping the Black in February’s history.
Graphic features Antwan Eady and copy of The Last Stand, illustrated by Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey
February 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM