Last Stop on Market Street
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · January 8, 2015
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- Who it’s for
- A boy and his nana notice music, kindness, and beauty in the city around them.
- Themes
- Kindness, empathy, and gratitude, Finding joy in unexpected places, Race, poverty, and disability
- Genres
- Multigenerational Families, Homelessness & Poverty, US: African American Stories
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#1 New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller Winner of the Newbery Medal A Caldecott Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Century One of The Atlantic’s 65 Essential Children’s Books This award-winning modern classic—a must-have for every child’s home library—is an inclusive ode to kindness, empathy, gratitude, and finding joy in unexpected places, and celebrates the special bond between a curious young boy and his loving grandmother.
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"This gentle, artfully illustrated tale of a boy and his grandmother offers a thoughtful introduction to adult themes like race, poverty and disability."—The New York Times On Sundays, CJ and his nana ride the bus across town to their stop on Market Street. But today, CJ’s not happy about it. Today, he’s wondering out loud why they have to wait in the rain and why they don’t have a car like his other friends. But it’s Nana who opens young CJ’s eyes and shows him the real beauty in the world around them—the spirit of the bustling city, the music in everyday life, and the magic of their often overlooked neighbors. From award-winning talents Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson comes a brilliant celebration of the love between a grandmother and her grandson.
Everyday City Music
A boy and his nana notice music, kindness, and beauty in the city around them.
Come here for
- City-bus rhythms and everyday music
- A grandson’s Sundays with his nana
Expect
- A gentle eye for neighbors often overlooked
- Beauty in ordinary moments, noticed together
Where it sits
| Multigenerational Families | 45% |
|---|---|
| Homelessness & Poverty | 38% |
| US: African American Stories | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- US: African American Stories
- Multigenerational Families
- Transportation Adventures
- Authors
- Matt de la Peña
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- January 8, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Kindness, empathy, and gratitude · Finding joy in unexpected places · Race, poverty, and disability
- Reading lane
- US: African American Stories