Milo Imagines the World

by  Matt de la Peña, Christian Robinson (Illustrated by)

The team behind the Newbery Medal winner and Caldecott Honor
book Last Stop on Market Street and the award-winning New York
Times bestseller Carmela Full of Wishes once again delivers a poignant
and timely picture book that’s sure to become an instant classic.

Milo is on a long subway ride with his older sister. To pass the time, he
studies the faces around him and makes pictures of their lives. There’s the
whiskered man with the crossword puzzle; Milo imagines him playing solitaire
in a cluttered apartment full of pets. There’s the wedding-dressed woman
with a little dog peeking out of her handbag; Milo imagines her in a grand
cathedral ceremony. And then there’s the boy in the suit with the bright
white sneakers; Milo imagines him arriving home to a castle with a drawbridge
and a butler. But when the boy in the suit gets off on the same stop as
Milo—walking the same path, going to the exact same place—Milo realizes
that you can’t really know anyone just by looking at them.