Bright April

Bright April is a 1946 children's story book written and illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli, who later won the 1950 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature for The Door in the Wall. Bright April is a story about a young African-American girl named April who experiences racial prejudice; it is also the story of her bright personality and her tenth birthday and the surprise it brought. The story is set in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the scenery portrayed in the author's illustrations can be recognized even today.

Bright April

First edition, 1946
Author	Marguerite de Angeli
Illustrator	Marguerite de Angeli
Language	English
Genre	Children's novel
Published	1946 (Doubleday & Co)
Publication place	United States
Pages	88 pp
OCLC	8739451

Bright April was the first children's book to address the divisive issue of racial prejudice, a daring topic for a children's book of that time. Selected digital images of this book are available at the Marguerite de Angeli Collection.^[1] Bright April is available for loan at the Open Library.^[2] Bright April was republished by Purple House Press in November, 2020.^[3][4]