ALA’s Rainbow Round Table selects JIMMY’S RHYTHM & BLUES by Michelle Meadows for 2025 Rainbow Book List (Top 10 Books for Young Readers and Early Elementary categories)

Editors' Picks
Written by Hillary Godwin

The American Librarian Association's Rainbow Round Table Rainbow Book List presents an annual bibliography of quality books with significant and authentic LGBQTIA+ content, which are recommended for people from birth through eighteen years of age.

  • Top Ten Titles for Young Readers

    Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin by Michelle Meadows, illustrated by Jamiel Law 

  • Early Elementary Titles

    Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin by Michelle Meadows, illustrated by Jamiel Law 

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Hillary Godwin
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