Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña

But when the little boy gets off at the same stop and joins the same queue as him, Milo realises that you can't judge by appearances and that we are all more alike than we are different: both boys are visiting their mothers in prison. Milo wonders if perhaps the little boy in bright white trainers is living in a castle with a moat and a butler. Milo is on a train journey through the city with his older sister, looking at the faces of the other passengers and drawing pictures of their lives. Set in a bustling city, and full of a family love that binds even in difficult circumstances. Milo Imagines the World is a warm and richly satisfying story from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling picture book duo, about a little boy with a big imagination who learns that you can't know anyone just by looking at them. But when the boy in the suit gets off on the same stop as Milo - walking the same path, going to the exact same place - Milo realizes that you can't really know anyone just by looking at them.Shortlisted for the Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal 2022. And then there's the boy in the suit with the bright white sneakers Milo imagines him arriving home to a castle with a drawbridge and a butler.

There's the wedding-dressed woman with a little dog peeking out of her handbag Milo imagines her in a grand cathedral ceremony. There's the whiskered man with the crossword puzzle Milo imagines him playing solitaire in a cluttered apartment full of pets. To pass the time, he studies the faces around him and makes pictures of their lives. Milo is on a long subway ride with his older sister. The team behind the Newbery Medal winner and Caldecott Honor book Last Stop on Market Street and the award-winning New York Times bestseller Carmela Full of Wishes once again delivers a poignant and timely picture book that's sure to become an instant classic. Reading Level: Grade K, Grades 1-2, Grades 3-5Īlso by this author: Last Stop on Market Street, Love Genres: Art, Criminal Justice, Family, Incarceration Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña When they walk down the electronics aisle at the department store./ When they cross into the fancy neighborhood.” Continue reading. For a boy wearing a suit and tie, Milo imagines “the clop clop clop of the horse-drawn carriage that will carry him to his castle.” For a trio of break-dancers who cavort in Milo’s train car and who, like him, aren’t white, he glumly foresees that “even after the performances are over, faces still follow their every move. To pass the time while his older sister is absorbed by her phone, Milo people-watches, using a notebook to record the places he imagines his fellow passengers going after they reach their stops.