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Last Stop on Market Street ( still not finished)

Last stop on Market Street was written by Matt De la Pena and illustrated by Christian Robinson on January 8, 2015 a picture book published by Penguin Books. It won the 2016 Newbery Medal a Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. Matt De la Pena inspiration for last Stop on market Street came from a picture he seen on the illustrator Christian Robinson page. Once they decided to work together he worked his idea around the picture of Robinson and his Grandmother waiting on a bus stop.

Plot: A young African American boy named Cj rides across town with his "Nana" Grandma after church on a rainy day. As he shared the umbrella with his Nana he wondered why they had to wait for the Bus on " all this wet " his Nana Replied " trees get thirsty too". Cj then noticed his friend Colby in a car and he Asked " Nana how come we don't have a car? But Nana explained and replied boy why we need a car for ? we have a bus who breaths fire and Mr Dennis who always has a trick for you.As they were on the way to their Sunday routine after church destination. CJ encounters with the many peopl;e on the bus such as the man and his guitar and also the Blind man was when his attitude started to change. He started to appreciate the beauty where he never saw it before.

Characters: CJ African American boy who is the main character Cj's (Nana) Grandma

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