Milo Imagines the World

Milo is on a long subway ride with his older sister. To pass the time, he studies the faces around him and makes pictures of their lives. There’s the whiskered man with the crossword  puzzle; Milo imagines him playing solitaire in a cluttered apartment full of pets. There’s the wedding-dressed woman with a little dog  peeking out of her handbag; Milo imagines her in a grand cathedral ceremony. 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. 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.

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. 

• Ages 4-8
• Author:  Matt de la Peña
• Illustrator: Christian Robinson
• Hardcover
• Publisher: GP Putnam, February, 2021
• 40 pages, 8.3" x 10.9"
• ISBN:  9780399549083