My Roller Skates
$26.90
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
9 March 2027
Summary
Newbery Medal–winning author Meg Medina and Pura Belpré Honor recipient Leo Espinosa deliver a classic picture book about enjoying something you’ve helped save for, making decisions for yourself, and the essential, messy, and fun moments that come with growing up.
Luci’s new roller skates have white boots, sparkly laces, and four wheels that sing on the sidewalk when she glides: Cha-cha-cha! Best of all, they are hers, so she doesn’t even have to share them with her siblings like ever…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781536238488 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1536238481 |
| Author: | Meg Medina, Leo Espinosa |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 9 March 2027 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 270mm |
| Audience Age: | 5-7 |
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Critics Review
My Roller Skates is breathtaking. What a beautiful story!
—Colby Sharpe, 5th Grade Teacher
Meg Medina
Meg Medina
Meg Medina is the Library of Congress’s 2023–2024 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and the author of the Newbery Medal–winning book Merci Suárez Changes Gears. She is also the author of award-winning young adult novels and picture books, including No More Señora Mimí, illustrated by Brittany Cicchese; Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez; Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was a Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Award Honor Book; and Tía Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, she lives in Richmond, Virginia.
Leo Espinosa
Leo Espinosa is an award-winning illustrator and designer from Bogotá, Colombia. He is the illustrator of many books for kids, including Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion by Charles R. Smith Jr. and Islandborn by Junot Díaz, a Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor Book. His work has been featured by the New Yorker, the New York Times, the BBC, and more. Leo Espinosa lives with his family in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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