"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt, CJ, you're a better witness for what's beautiful."
After church CJ and his grandma travel by bus. At first he's jealous of his friends who get to hop in their cars and go home. But as they journey, his grandma helps him see all that he would miss out on if they didn't take the bus.
This year's Newbery Award winner is Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Pena. It was also a Caldecott Honor Book and won lots of other awards and made it to the top of numerous lists. (View them all here.) It's not unheard of, but also not incredibly common for the Newbery winner to be a picture book. It's a good book to read with your kids because it exemplifies gratitude for the things you have and seeing beauty anywhere.
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Last Stop on Market Street
By Matt De La Pena
Pictures by Christian Robinson
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Year: 2015
Ages: Young Children, Early Readers, Picture Books
Awards: Newbery Winner, Caldecott Honor
Find this book on Amazon (affiliate link) or at your local independent bookstore.
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