Adjoa J. Burrowes

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Book Description

As the young narrator of this delightful story points out, the front steps can be one of the best places for city kids to play. Each season brings new experiences, from the long, hot-through-your-shoes days of summer to the discovery of leaf prints in autumn. Best of all, whenever you come back from away, setting foot on the front steps means you're finally home.

An intimate portrait of children at play, My Steps is a lovely tribute to all the seasons of a child's world.

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Awards and Honors

Winner, "Best Children's Books," CHILD magazine

Choices," Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

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Editorial Reviews

KIRKUS REVIEWS

[Derby's] strong narration focuses on the tiny events that make up a day of make-believe. Where each scene has the pleasing simplicity of Peter's world in Ezra Jack Keat's The Snowy Day.

CINCINNATI INQUIRER

[Derby] has created her most delightful children's book yet. My Steps proves once again that happiness is where you find it.

BOOKLIST

The concreteness of the language and the occasional snatches of conversation bring the first-person text to life. Collages of dyed-and-painted papers add a feeling of spontaneity as well as a distinctive style.... children who don't have a flight of cracked concrete steps may end up wishing for a stoop of their own.

DETROIT FREE PRESS

For far too many children, their only playground is their front steps. But in 'My Steps' Sally Derby and illustrator Adjoa J. Burrowes show what a wonderful playing field even simple cement steps can be with a child's vivid imagination.

SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

A gentle story about a child's imaginative play.... Bright cut-paper collages with watercolors...have a fresh, childlike quality. An additional slice-of-urban-life picture book.

QUARTERLY BLACK REVIEW OF BOOKS

Who says that growing up in a big city can't be fun? Certainly not author Sally Derby and illustrator Adjoa J. Burrows.... A charming tribute to the ingenuity of children, My Steps is a treasure for all season.

AMERICAN VISIONS

Sitting on the steps, the stoop or the porch provides the best memories of growing up. Here is a story that covers most of the goings-on while encouraging the reader to recall a few of his or her own.