MATT DE LA PENA and CHRISTIAN ROBINSON at Bookshop Santa Cruz

Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 4:00pm

Join us for a very special event with both the author and illustrator of one of the most acclaimed children’s books of 2015, Last Stop on Market Street--Winner of the Newbery Award and Caldecott Honor!

Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn’t he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty and fun in their routine and the world around them. This energetic ride through a bustling city highlights the wonderful perspective only grandparent and grandchild can share, and comes to life through Matt de la Peña’s vibrant text and Christian Robinson’s radiant illustrations.

Last Stop on Market Street is the Winner of the 2016 Newbery Medal, was a 2016 Caldecott Honor Book, a 2016 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2015, a Wall Street Journal Best Children's Book of 2015.

Matt de la Peña is the New York Times Bestselling, Newbery Medal-winning author of several critically-acclaimed young adult novels including Mexican WhiteBoy, The Living, and The Hunted, as well as the celebrated picture book A Nation’s Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis. Matt lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Christian Robinson is an illustrator and animator who has worked with Pixar, The Sesame Street Workshop, and is the illustrator of numerous award-wining picture books, including the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor book, Josephine. He was also the winner of the 2014 Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award and the 2013 Marion Vannett Ridgeway Honor. Christian lives in San Francisco, California.

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