The Trip

Ezra Jack Keats, Author, Ezra Jack Keats, Illustrator HarperTrophy $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-688-07328-2

A quietly told story of a shoebox that helps Louie to remember old times, before he moved away, and then to make friends in his new neighborhood. Ages 4-8. (September)

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