Something, Someday: A timeless picture book for the next generation of writers

About Amanda Gorman

Christian Robinson received a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor for his art in Last Stop on Market Street. He is the author and illustrator of the picture books Another and You Matter and he has illustrated many more including Milo Imagines the World Carmela Full of Wishes and the Gaston and Friends series. Amanda Gorman is the youngest presidential inaugural poet in US history. She is a committed advocate for the environment racial equality and gender justice. In 2017 Urban Word named her the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate. Gorman's performance of her poem The Hill We Climb at the 2021 Presidential Inauguration received critical acclaim and international attention. The special edition of her inaugural poem debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and was a Sunday Times Bestseller in the United Kingdom. She is also the author of the children's picture book Change Sings. After graduating cum laude from Harvard University she now lives in her hometown of Los Angeles.