![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a subtle, sensitive book, illustrated in part with pictures of Milo himself, and his sister, as they travel on the New York subway to visit their mother, and in part with Milo’s own drawings Christian Robinson’s rendition of Milo’s childhood art is both realistic and full of expression – Milo is a talented artist. Milo Imagines the World lives up to every expectation. We enjoyed both Last Stop On Market Street and Carmela Full of Wishes that they produced together, so were eager for this one. But it clearly lingered for my son as well, because just recently his class was reading Milo Imagines the World (over Zoom) and I heard him shouting at the tablet – he was bouncing up and down in his excitement to explain that he had met Matt de la Peña, and even though it was over a quarter of his life ago, he felt that on-going connection.Īs soon as I saw that Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson had a new book out, I was keen to read it to the kids myself. ![]() He spent time with the children, and did a talk in the evening for the teachers and parents. A few years ago, my son’s daycare had the very great good fortune to host Matt de la Peña for a day. There’s something about meeting an author, hearing them speak, that forms a connection that lasts. Putnam’s Sons, Penguin Random House, 2021 Words by Matt de la Peña, pictures by Christian Robinson, G.P. ![]()
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