![]() ![]() Aunt Gracie is as warm and welcoming as her clapboard house with its sprawling porch, flowerbeds and tire swing. A kind woman appears at the door, explaining that her job "is to make sure little kids get taken care of" it sounds good to Johnson, but his more cynical older sister, Beebee, warns him the woman means foster care: "It's when you live with somebody that's not your mama." Eventually, the woman drives the siblings to their mother's sister, who is estranged from their mother. That's how it was with our mama," says Johnson. ![]() Woodson's (Miracle's Boys) affecting story introduces a boy and girl seemingly abandoned by their mother. He is also the writer and illustrator of The Three Questions, which the New York Timescalled "quietly life changing." Jon J Muth lives with his family in Kingston, New York. He has illustrated many books, including the New York Timesbest-seller, A Family of Poems, by Caroline Kennedy, and Come on Rain, by Karen Hesse. Jon J Muth is the author and artist of the 2006 Caldecott Honor book, Zen Shorts. Jacqueline Woodson lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York. ![]() She is the author of many critically acclaimed books for children, and has received numerous awards, including a Newbery Honor Award for Show Way, a Coretta Scott King Award, and five Coretta Scott King Author Honors. Jacqueline Woodsonis the winner of the 2006 Margaret A. ![]()
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