And They Walk On
$32.06
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
28 January 2026
Summary
When a young boy’s grandmother walks on, he wonders where she’s gone. Did she go to the market to buy ripe melons? Or maybe she’s in the garden, watering her herbs? It feels like she’s somewhere far away, so the boy finds new ways to share stories about his day, hoping she can hear him. Even her house feels like it’s waiting for her return. Then as the boy approaches the kitchen, the scent and memories of her cooking assure him that no matter where she is, her love will always be close by. Because when someone walks on, they stay with us. They grow in our hearts and guide us as we walk in their footsteps. Award-winning author of Fry Bread, Kevin Noble Maillard, breathes life into this intimate picture book about the love that lasts even after a loved one has walked on, with illustrations from renowned, best-selling artist, Rafael López.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250821980 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1250821983 |
| Author: | Kevin Maillard, Rafael López |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 28 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 461g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 268mm x 268mm |
| Audience Age: | 4 |
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★”Stunning and essential.” -Kirkus, starred review
★”[An] emotionally centered picture book about the Indigenous concept of “walking on.” -Publishers Weekly, starred review
★”This book has universal appeal for anyone coping with a loss, but by keeping the text centered on the child’s feelings and responses, it’s particularly useful as a grief resource for a wide range of children.” -Booklist, starred review
“And They Walk On provides a compassionate space for children to contemplate loss… Maillard and López remind readers that mourning can coexist with joy and that, even in that absence, presence lingers–like the scent of eucalyptus in a bustling kitchen.” -Shelf Awareness
Praise for Fry Bread:
“Through the story and the book’s beautiful pictures, Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal capture the complexity of native identity.” –Graham Lee Brewer, NPR
“A wonderful and sweet book [that] takes a staple food of many tribes across the country and uses it to think about family, history, memory and community… Lovely stuff.” –The New York Times Book Review
★”With buoyant, heartfelt illustrations that show the diversity in Native America, the book tells the story of a post-colonial food, a shared tradition across the North American continent … Fry bread is much more than food, as this book amply demonstrates.” –Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Kevin Maillard
Kevin Maillard is a contributor to the New York Times and a professor of law at Syracuse University. He is the author of Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, a picture book illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal, which won the Sibert Medal and the American Indian Youth Literature Honor. An enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, he lives with his family in Manhattan and Vermont.
Rafael López is a New York Times-bestselling, award winning illustrator who has illustrated numerous acclaimed picture books, including The Day You Begin and The Year We Learned to Fly (New York Times bestsellers), Dancing Hands (Pura Belpré Medal), and Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You (Schneider Award), among others. Rafael is the recipient of three Pura Belpré medals, the Schneider Family Book Award, the Jane Addams Book Award, and the Tomás Rivera Book Award. He was the first guest artist of the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum and founder of the Urban Art Trail, a series of large-scale community murals around the U.S. Rafael lives in San Diego and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
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