This Is How We Play

★ “[T]his buoyant picture book spotlights how, ‘with love and adaptation … we play!’ Slice and Cupp utilize rhyming couplets on each spread to show play in inter-abled relationships.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Slice and Cupp, themselves disabled, realistically acknowledge challenges while keeping an upbeat, reassuring tone … Harren’s detailed portrayals of myriad physical, sensory, and developmental conditions warmly embrace disability’s broad spectrum, and characters’ faces radiate love and enthusiasm … A wonderfully inclusive celebration of disability and family.” —Kirkus

”[A] joyful and empowering exploration of families at play … [Harren’s illustrations] are balanced between bold foregrounds and muted backgrounds, creating very inviting pages to explore beyond the relation to the text. A must purchase for all libraries to fill much needed positive disability representation in picture books.” —School Library Journal

Jessica Slice is a writer who often writes about her experience as a mom who uses a power wheelchair. Her writing has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Glamour, HuffPo, and more.

Caroline Cupp is a disabled progressive pastor in Philadelphia.

Kayla Harren is an award-winning illustrator of numerous children’s books, including the Lambda Literary Award winner Calvin. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City with a BFA in illustration, and lives in Minnesota with her husband and dogs.

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