Your Friend, Parker: Ready-to-Read Level 1
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Your Friend, Parker: Ready-to-Read Level 1
By (Author) Parker Curry
By (author) Jessica Curry
Illustrated by Brittany Jackson
Illustrated by Tajae Keith
Simon & Schuster
Simon Spotlight
2nd February 2022
United States
Classifications
Primary and Secondary Educational
Non Fiction
428.6
Physical Properties
Hardback
32
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 10mm
200g
Description
The New York Times bestselling team behind Parker Looks Up returns with this Level 1 Ready-to-Read celebrating friendship that stays strong even over long distances!
Parker is writing to her friend, Gia, about the exciting sights she sees during her road trip across America. Even though Parker and Gia are far away from each other, they can still be best friends!
Reviews
"A simple, sweet story about friendship that is a good addition for any collection." -- School Library Journal * February 2022 *
Author Bio
Parker Curry, six years old, is aNew York Timesbestselling author and dynamic young mind with a love for ballet and reading. Currently, Parker is in first grade, where she loves to explore art and new books. Precocious Parker lives with her mother, father, younger sister, and baby brother.
Jessica Curry is aNew York Timesbestselling author, blogger, and work-at-home mama to three children Parker, Ava, and Cash. Jessicas debut childrens picture book, written with her oldest daughter, Parker, was nominated for a 2020 NAACP Image Award. The mother-daughter duo has since penned four additional childrens books in hopes of inspiring others to dream big dreams. Jessicas blog,Happy Mama Happy Babies, is an authentic motherhood and lifestyle platform that shares her familys adventures, growth chronicles, and everything in between. Jessica and her family reside in Sherman Oaks, California.
Brittany Jackson(Bea for short) is aNew York Timesbestselling illustrator who attended the College for Creative Studies and is the grand prize winner and returned alumni of L. Ron Hubbards Illustrator of the Future Award of 2007. Bea has worked in freelance as a character and outfit designer for various social networking and gaming platforms for more than eight years, though she is most publicly known in publishing as an illustrator.
Tajae Keith is a painter with a focus on character design currently based in Oakland, California. Inspired endlessly by rap, the heartbeat of the Black community, she explores the punk-esque nature of Blackness through dynamic shape language and expressive colors. A night owl by nature, you can find her at her desk painting under the cover of darkness with a cup of coffee close by.
