3+years
Milo Imagines the World
Author: Matt de la PeñaIllustrator: Christian RobinsonA story within a story, contrasting art styles while emphasising that “Maybe you can’t really know anyone by just looking at their face”. This celebration of colour, diversity, travel, creativity and the imaginative inner life of a child, inspired by personal experiences, is an odyssey for the eyes and mind.
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- ALA Notable Children’s Book
- Shortlisted: 2022 Carnegies Medal for Illustration
- De la Peña and Robinson won the Newbery and Caldecott Medals
- Own Voice
- Black representation
- Mixed-heritage representation
- Black/brown representation
- LGBTQIA+ representation
- Diverse cast
- Single parent