The Big Umbrella

BOOK SUMMARY

In the tradition of Alison McGhee’s Someday, beloved illustrator Amy June Bates makes her authorial debut alongside her eleven-year-old daughter with this timely and timeless picture book about acceptance.

By the door there is an umbrella. It is big. It is so big that when it starts to rain there is room for everyone underneath. It doesn’t matter if you are tall. Or plaid. Or hairy. It doesn’t matter how many legs you have.

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 Jewel; Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan; Joey: The Story of Joe Biden by Dr. Jill Biden; and many others. She lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with her husband, three children, and their Labrador, Mr. Mochi.

Juniper Bates was in sixth grade when she and her mother came up with the idea for The Big Umbrella while sharing an umbrella on a rainy walk to school. She loves music, skiing, books, and puddles she can jump in. She lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with her family and dog, Rosebud.

PRAISE

“A lovely addition to any library collection, for classroom use or for sharing at home.”
—School Library Journal

“A subtle, deceptively simple book about inclusion, hospitality, and welcoming the ‘other.’”
—Kirkus Reviews

“This open-ended picture book creates a natural springboard for discussion.”
—Booklist

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Hardcover
40 pages
Fiction
8.1 in H | 10 in W | 0.4 in T | 0.9 lb