Two Caldecott honorees and real-life best friends team up to illustrate a lyrical story of friendship, from bestselling author Julie Fogliano! "I really don’t care what you think of my hair / or my eyes or my toes or my nose," says one child in this story. The other agrees: who cares about any of that? In fact, there's a lot that they don't care about... But that doesn't mean that they don't care about one another. Award-winning author Julie Fogliano’s rhythmic rhymes bring it all together, expressing the unconditional love any best friend can relate to: "Mostly I care that you’re you and I’m me, and I care that we’re us, and I care that we’re we."
This delightful tale of friendship and looking past the surface was illustrated by Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal. As artwork passed back and forth between their mailboxes, childhood versions of each artist came to life and came together on the page into one unified creation. The result is an empowering, emotionally resonant story about what it really means to care.
Recommended Age | 3 - 6 |
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Author | Julie Fogliano |
Illustrator | Molly Idle, Juana Martinez-Neal |
ISBN | 0823443450 |
Publication Date | Nov 22, 2022 |
Publisher | Neal Porter Books |
Language | English |