Starlin: Picture Day Drama (Paperback or Softback)

Ready for picture day?

It's picture day at Hillbrook Elementary, and Starlin--a multimodal communicator and wheelchair user--is ready to shine. Last year's school picture was an epic disaster, but she's determined to take a dazzling one this time around. As she boards the bus, however, a storm ruins her brilliant look! Can Starlin improvise and find a new sparkling style in time for her close-up?

Drawing from family experience with disability, Anitra Rowe Schulte brings a chapter book centering the experience of a young girl with disabilities as she wields her creativity when things don't go according to plan. Starlin: Picture Day Drama is filled with imagination, family, and friendship.

Anitra Rowe Schulte is the author of Dancing with Daddy and Willow and Bunny. She writes stories that explore big emotions and universal experiences that connect people to each other. Anitra teams with the Chicago nonprofit Leading with Literacy to coordinate an annual holiday initiative that delivers new books to children. Anitra lives west of Chicago with her husband, three daughters, and fluffy cat, Pancake.

Katie Crumpton is an illustrator local to Columbia, South Carolina. She earned her bachelor's degree in illustration from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, but she's been drawing ever since she could first hold a pencil. Katie finds inspiration in nature, experiences, daydreams, movies, books, and music. She hopes to bring happiness and whimsy to those who see her work, and to help and inspire other creatives as much as she can.