This Is a Story

John Schu is the author of the picture book This Is a School, illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison. He has been the Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs, a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University, and a classroom teacher and school librarian. He travels all over the world visiting schools and meeting with students, teachers, and administrators as he advocates for the people and things he cares about most: kids, books, schools, and the libraries - and librarians - that connect them. You can find him and his popular blog, Watch. Connect. Read., at JohnSchu.com and on Instagram and Twitter as @MrSchuReads.Lauren Castillo is the award-winning illustrator of many books for children, including Kirkus Prize finalist Imagine by Juan Felipe Herrera, Happy Like Soccer by Maribeth Boelts, and Yard Sale by Eve Bunting. She is also the author-illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Book Nana in the City. Lauren Castillo dreams and draws in Pennsylvania, USA. You can find her online at laurencastillo.com and on Instagram and Twitter as @studiocastillo.

It’s a lovely pictorial ‘walk’ showing how stories can open our minds to the wonder of the world.