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Last Stop on Market Street garnered the most total votes from librarians, booksellers, and picture-book professionals among all the titles on Slate’s list of the 25 best picture books of the past 25 years. This simple story of a little boy who wishes he had more, and the grandmother who reminds him of the riches already in his life, won the Newbery and Caldecott awards for 2015. Last Stop on Market Street served notice to the publishing world that other kinds of stories, featuring working-class characters in working-class circumstances, could garner acclaim, climb the bestseller list, and connect with kids and educators in all walks of life.

Written by Matt de la Peña and illustrated by C

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