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Milo Imagines the World
Book Review
I really like this book because I love all the colourful pictures
I really like this book because I love all the colourful pictures.
I like how Milo imagines the world. He tries to imagine what people’s lives are like by looking at them.
At the end he realises that just looking at people’s faces doesn’t mean you know them. That is important to remember.
I like that he draws pictures to help himself stay calm on the train, that seems like a good thing to do. My favourite bit is where he calls himself a “shook up soda” because it sounds funny, but perhaps he is describing that feeling you get in your tummy when you are a bit worried sometimes…
A message from Noah’s Mum: I really liked this book too; the pictures are wonderful and it had an important message.
About the Book
This story book for young children is a warm and richly satisfying story filled with family love from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling picture book duo Matt and Christian. It is about a little boy with a big imagination who learns that you can’t know anyone from their appearances.
Milo is on a train journey through the city with his older sister, looking at the faces of the other passengers and drawing pictures as he imagines their lives. You don’t know where Milo is going until the very end of the book so their journey becomes a mystery for readers to talk and speculate about.
Anyone who has ever travelled on public transport will relate to Milo’s journey having wondered about the destinations of their fellow passengers. Milo’s family circumstances are not often featured in children’s books. We like that a character who has a mother in prison is included here, and love the picture Milo has drawn for his Mum.
Author
Matt de la Peña
Matt de la Peña is an American author of young adult novels and children’s picture books, known for bringing stories with racial, economic and cultural diversity to young readers. He earned his BA at University of the Pacific on a basketball scholarship before completing an MFA in creative writing at San Diego State University, and later was awarded the Newbery Medal in 2016 for his picture book 'Last Stop on Market Street'.
Illustrator
Christian Robinson
Christian Robinson (born 2 August 1986) is an American children’s book illustrator, author, animator, and designer. Raised in a one-bedroom apartment with his grandmother in Los Angeles, he used drawing as a way to carve out space for himself.
After studying animation at CalArts and working for Pixar and Sesame Workshop, he went on to illustrate award-winning picture books like Last Stop on Market Street (earning both a Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honor), and write and illustrate his own, such as 'Another' and 'You Matter'.
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