Tamika Burgess

Squinty-Eyed Panameña 🇵🇦 Award-winning middle grade author 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙡𝙮 and 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙡𝙤 𝙒𝙖𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚

[Tamika Burgess @TameeksB]

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[Serendipity Literary Agency @serendipitylit]

@bankstreetedu Included in the list are:

- DANILO WAS HERE by @TameeksB - Outstanding Merit title (@HarperChildrens)
- GO TELL IT by @QuartezHarris1 and illustrated by @GordonCJamesArt (@LittleBrownYR)
- THE INCREDIBLY HUMAN HENSON BLAYZE by Derrick Barnes (@penguinkids)

[Tamika Burgess @TameeksB]

Hey, Hello, Hi!

If you’re an SCBWI member, please vote for DANILO WAS HERE in the first round of the Crystal Kite Awards. (California/Hawaii division)

https://t.co/oNhJrASkzx

Thank you❤️

[Tamika Burgess @TameeksB]

✨Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2025

From the acclaimed author of Sincerely Sicily, Tamika Burgess, comes a timely coming-of-age story about a young boy’s fight to save his family and his dreams in the aftermath of the US military invasion of Panamá.

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[22gunner @Gnar1104]

when i'm having fun on a Sunday and it reaches 6-7pm

[Marie🧚 @glitchu__]

“tea is nasty, its for old people”

me:

[Ave @SebastianAvenue]

Love Jones was released in theaters March 14, 1997.

[Tamika Burgess @TameeksB]

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[Serendipity Literary Agency @serendipitylit]

Congratulations to @TameeksB on @KirkusReviews naming DANILO WAS HERE as one of the Best Middle-Grade Historical Fiction Books of 2025!

Full list: https://t.co/sWFCkcqIxD

DANILO WAS HERE is available now from @HarperChildrens.

[Serendipity Literary Agency @serendipitylit]

We are absolutely thrilled to see DANILO WAS HERE by Tamika Burgess (@TameeksB) named to the Texas Bluebonnet Award List by the Texas Library Association (@TXLA)!

You can read the full list here: https://t.co/tnSN9O85bo

Out now from @HarperChildrens.

[Tamika Burgess @TameeksB]

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[CINEMA 505 @CINEMA505]

The Devil Wears Prada 2.

[Tamika Burgess @TameeksB]

Heading to Denver for NCTE!!!

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“I ruffle a lot of feathers. And I'm also selective - that makes you a troublemaker. But so be it. I laid a cornerstone for black actors, and that makes me happy.” — Esther Rolle ❤️💚🖤

[Texas Library Assn. @TXLA]

The new Texas Bluebonnet Award list is here! Check out the 2026-2027 TBA List: https://t.co/Aclwt4RFTD

[Tamika Burgess @TameeksB]

🎉 So happy to see DANILO WAS HERE on this list!!!!!

[Texas Library Assn. @TXLA]

The new Texas Bluebonnet Award list is here! Check out the 2026-2027 TBA List: https://t.co/Aclwt4RFTD

[Mílagro Press @MOBBISH_]

Wendy Raquel Robinson dressed as GloRilla for Halloween & ate it up!

She looks damn good.