Breanna J. McDaniel

Photograph by Tina Chang

About The Author

Breanna J. McDaniel is the author of Hands Up! and Impossible Moon and a children’s literature scholar. She holds an MA in children’s literature from Simmons College and is currently pursuing her PhD at Cambridge University, where her research focuses on representations of black children in contemporary picture books.

Books by Breanna J. McDaniel

Impossible Moon
By Breanna J. McDaniel
Illustrated by Tonya Engel
A young girl undertakes an impossible trip to the moon, makes friends with the stars, and brings back something priceless in this gentle and lyrically told picture book about family, history, and memory.
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