Here Comes the Band

By Shadra Strickland

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.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H9CRLT32
• ISBN13: 9798260520598
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Bound to Stay Bound Books
• Length: 34 Pages
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3