La Sombrilla Grande

Following in Alison McGhee's footsteps in her classic Someday, popular illustrator Amy June Bates makes her authorial debut with her eleven-year-old daughter with this timely and perennial book about acceptance.

Next to the front door is an umbrella. It's big. It's so big that when it starts to rain there's room for everyone under it. It doesn't matter if you're tall. Or if you're wearing plaid clothes. Or if you're furry. It doesn't matter how many legs or paws you have.

Don't worry that there won't be enough room under the umbrella. Because there will always be room.

Exuberant illustrations and simple lyrical text subtly touch on themes of inclusion and tolerance in this charming tale that bestselling illustrator Amy June Bates co-wrote with her daughter, Juniper, as they walked to school together in the rain.

Author: Amy June Bates, Juniper Bates
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Published: 07/07/2020
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.90h x 9.80w x 0.10d
ISBN13: 9781534468443
ISBN10: 1534468447
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration, Immigration & Refugees
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism

About the Author
Amy June Bates is the author-illustrator of The Big Umbrella and The Welcome Home. She is also the illustrator of the New York Times bestseller The Leadership Journey by Doris Kearns Goodwin; Sweet Dreams and That's What I'd Do, both by singer-songwriter Jewel; Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan; Joey: The Story of Joe Biden by Dr. Jill Biden; and many others. She has three children and lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with her husband and her devilishly handsome Labrador, Mr. Mochi.

Juniper Bates was in sixth grade when she and her mom, Amy June Bates, came up with the idea for The Big Umbrella while sharing an umbrella in a rainstorm. Juniper loves music, skiing, books, and puddles she can jump in. Juniper lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with their family and dog, Rosebud.

Alexis Romay is the author of two novels and two books of poetry. His essays and opinion pieces have been published by NBC News, World Literature Today, Museum of Modern Art, El Nuevo Herald, Latino Rebels, Hypermedia Magazine, Replicante, Letras Libres, and other outlets. He has written lyrics for Paquito D'Rivera and translated over forty picture books, as well as novels by Ana Veciana-Suarez, Margarita Engle, Miguel Correa Mujica, Meg Medina, Stuart Gibbs, and Adrianna Cuevas. He lives in New Jersey with his family.