Here Comes the Band

Author/Contributor(s):	Strickland, Shadra; Holyfield, John
Publisher:	Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Date:	9/29/2026
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

From Ezra Jack Keats Award and Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Shadra Strickland comes a dazzling picture book about a young child who watches in awe as an HBCU band takes the field and works its magic.

The game is tied at seven.
A hush falls over the stands.
Get up and stand up, everybody!
Here comes the band!

Everyone has their favorite part of a football game, but at a historically Black college or university, halftime is game time when the band takes the field in this glorious celebration of the tradition and pageantry of an HBCU band.