Synopsis
As any city kid knows, the front steps can be one of the best places to play. In this award-winning story, an African-American girl invites readers to share in the private playtime world just outside her front door, where each season brings new adventures.
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About the Author
Sally Derby books for children include The Mouse Who Owned the Sun and King Kendrick's Splinter, an International Reading Association-Children's Book Council Children's Choices Selection. The mother of six grown children, she lives in Wyoming, Ohio, with her husband.
Adjoa J. Burrowes has illustrated many books for children, including two published by Lee & Low: My Steps, a Child magazine Best Book of the Year, and Grandma's Purple Flowers, which she also wrote, an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists" selection. In addition, Burrowes has written and illustrated several books for LEE & LOW's Bebop Books educational imprint. Burrowes received a Fine Arts degree from Howard University and currently lives with her children in Herndon, Virginia.
From Booklist
Ages 4^-6. A child tells about her front steps, her favorite place to play. In summer, it is there that she pretends to ride horses on the low walls, creates miniature lands, makes a cave with a blanket, and eats Popsicles with her friends. In fall, she sweeps the leaves off the steps, and in winter, she shovels away the snow. 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. The main character is portrayed as African American, but her experiences will sound familiar to most city kids. In fact, children who don't have a flight of cracked concrete steps may end up wishing for a stoop of their own. Carolyn Phelan
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