Last Stop on Market Street

Matt de la Peña’s Last Stop on Market Street, winner of a Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, and Caldecott Honor, is a beautifully written picture book about appreciating diversity, finding happiness and helping those in need. On one of their weekly bus rides to the soup kitchen, CJ asks his nana questions about what he see around him. His grandmother’s wise, kind responses help CJ come to appreciate differences and see joy and beauty in the everyday. Christian Robinson’s bold and bright collage-like illustrations will make younger readers itch to create drawings of their own lives and families.