The Jones Family Express

Now in paperback, this warm, humorous story follows an African American boy as he seeks out the perfect gift for his very special aunt.

JAVAKA STEPTOE is the illustrator of Lee & Low's In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall winner of numerous awards including the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and an ALA Notable. Steptoe is renowned for his innovative collage constructions and his work has received recognition from the NAACP Image Awards and the Bluebonnet Awards for Excellence in Children's Literature, among others. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. This is his first book as both author and illustrator.ò A Hot Day on Abbot Avenue by Karen English (Clarion, 2004, ISBN 0395985277) ò A Pocketful of Poems by Nikki Grimes (Chronicle, 2001, ISBN 0395938686) ò Do You Know What I'll Do? by Charlotte Zolotow (HarperCollins, 2000, ISBN 006027879X) ò In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall (Lee & Low, 1997); more than 86,000 copies in print in hardcover and paperback.