Creator
Matt de la Pena
Matt de la Pena
Books by or featuring Matt de la Pena
On her birthday, Carmela's ordinary errands with her brother turn into a day of wishes, worries, and possibility.
A meditation on what makes a home stretches from one family's shelter to a wider network of care, memory, and place.
A rich urban read-aloud in which a boy and his grandmother find beauty, service, and joy on a city bus ride.
On a subway ride, Milo invents stories about the strangers around him and learns how wrong first impressions can be.