Last Stop on Market Street By MATT DE LA PEÑA

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This story is about the special bond between a curious young Black boy and his loving grandmother. This is a must have book at home, it teaches different values, kindness, empathy, gratitude, and finding joy in unexpected places. This award-winning modern classic! [1]   

Summary

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Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don’t own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn’t he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty—and fun—in their routine and the world around them.This energetic ride through a bustling city highlights the wonderful perspective only grandparent and grandchild can share, and comes to life through Matt de la Pena’s vibrant text and Christian Robinson’s radiant illustrations. [2]

Pros

Lizzie as a reader wrote her review about this book, she mentions several things that she loved from this book. Such as, there's so many wonderful child friendly moments (raindrops on your nose, older kids with nicer stuff than you), it is set in a diverse neighborhood and city that could be any city, it is sweet, slow and poetic. The vibrant, saturated Keats-like illustrations, an awesome grandmother - stylish, thoughtful, and full of love, this would be a great book for a religious setting, since it could be seen that it is Grandmother is motivated by her faith to help other in her community. The last one was it is a great pairing of author and illustrator. [3]

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