Walk with Me
Description
A simple, imaginative story depicting the complex emotional reality of a girl whose father no longer lives at home.
The girl conjures up an imaginary companion -- a lion -- who will join her on the long walk home from school. He will help her to pick up her baby brother from daycare and shop at the store (which has cut off the family's credit), and he'll keep her company all along the way until she is safely home. He will always come back when she needs him, unlike her father whom she sees only in a photograph -- a photograph in which he clearly resembles a lion.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
Product Details
| Publisher | Groundwood Books |
| Publish Date | March 01, 2017 |
| Pages | 32 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Hardback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781554988570 |
| Dimensions | 9.1 X 9.1 X 0.3 inches | 0.8 pounds |
About the Author
Author JAIRO BUITRAGO has collaborated with Rafael Yockteng on several picture books, including Jimmy the Greatest! (six starred reviews), Two White Rabbits (three starred reviews), Walk with Me (three starred reviews), Lion and Mouse (two starred reviews) and Wounded Falcons (two starred reviews and named a USBBY Outstanding International Book). Jairo has also won the Hispanoamericano Castillo prize for children's literature and the Antonio García Cubas Award. He lives in Mexico City, Mexico.
RAFAEL YOCKTENG has illustrated many highly acclaimed children's books, including Afterward, Everything was Different: A Tale From the Pleistocene; Wounded Falcons (two starred reviews and named a USBBY Outstanding International Book); Jimmy the Greatest! (six starred reviews); Two White Rabbits (three starred reviews); and Walk with Me (three starred reviews) by Jairo Buitrago. Rafael's books have been included on IBBY's Honor List, the Horn Book Fanfare and in the White Ravens Catalogue. He lives in Bogotá, Colombia.
ELISA AMADO is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written My Friend (Mi amiga), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; Un Barrilete para el Día de los Muertos / Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead; Cousins (Primas), illustrated by Luis Garay; and Tricycle (El triciclo), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on the Américas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. She lives in Toronto.
Reviews
Buitrago and Yockteng present a beautiful and complex story of courage and hope where there seems to be none.-- "Horn Book"
Emotionally resonant in the loveliest of ways.-- "Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW"
The duo behind Two White Rabbits returns with another compassionate portrait of a child negotiating difficult circumstances with grace.-- "Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW"
The richly colored, expressionistic multimedia illustrations add a great deal of depth to the minimal text.-- "Booklist"
With guided discussion, youngsters can see beyond the deceptive simplicity of this poignant story. A strong choice for all collections.-- "School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW"
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