And They Walk on

Description: A young boy reflects on the enduring presence of a loved one who has "walked on," finding comfort in memories, stories, and the love that lives on in his heart.

Brief description: 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. His illustrations bring diverse characters to children's books, and he is driven to create books that reflect and honor the lives of all young people. 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, as well as the illustrator of three New York Times bestsellers. 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.

Review Quotes:

Booklist Editors' Choice List Selection
A Notable Book for a Global Society
A Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended Title

★"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