A sweet, relatable, and nuanced story about friendship and sharing from the dream team of award-winning creators Meg Medina and Leo Espinosa.
Newbery Medal–winning author Meg Medina and Pura Belpré Honor recipient Leo Espinosa deliver a classic picture book about enjoying something you’ve helped save for, making decisions for yourself, and the essential, messy, and fun moments that come with growing up. Luci’s new roller skates have white boots, sparkly laces, and four wheels that sing on the sidewalk when she glides: Cha-cha-cha! Best of all, they are hers, so she doesn’t even have to share them with her siblings like everything else. Luci loves gliding on her skates while her friend Ray Ray bikes alongside her or plays the bad guy to her superhero. Until, that is, the day Ray Ray asks to try out her skates himself . . . The last thing Luci wants to do is let someone else use her special skates, but she does want to play with her friend. Is there some way they both can enjoy her roller skates? In a gently affirming tale for any child who has had a cherished something of their very own, Meg Medina’s playful storytelling and Leo Espinosa’s charming illustrations remind readers that taking turns is not the same as taking away.
Meg Medina is the Library of Congress’s 2023–2024 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and the author of the Newbery Medal–winning book Merci Suárez Changes Gears. She is also the author of award-winning young adult novels and picture books, including No More Señora Mimí, illustrated by Brittany Cicchese; Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez; Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was a Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Award Honor Book; and Tía Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, she lives in Richmond, Virginia.
Leo Espinosa is an award-winning illustrator and designer from Bogotá, Colombia. He is the illustrator of many books for kids, including Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion by Charles R. Smith Jr. and Islandborn by Junot Díaz, a Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor Book. His work has been featured by the New Yorker, the New York Times, the BBC, and more. Leo Espinosa lives with his family in Salt Lake City, Utah.
A sweet, relatable, and nuanced story about friendship and sharing from the dream team of award-winning creators Meg Medina and Leo Espinosa.
Newbery Medal–winning author Meg Medina and Pura Belpré Honor recipient Leo Espinosa deliver a classic picture book about enjoying something you’ve helped save for, making decisions for yourself, and the essential, messy, and fun moments that come with growing up. Luci’s new roller skates have white boots, sparkly laces, and four wheels that sing on the sidewalk when she glides: Cha-cha-cha! Best of all, they are hers, so she doesn’t even have to share them with her siblings like everything else. Luci loves gliding on her skates while her friend Ray Ray bikes alongside her or plays the bad guy to her superhero. Until, that is, the day Ray Ray asks to try out her skates himself . . . The last thing Luci wants to do is let someone else use her special skates, but she does want to play with her friend. Is there some way they both can enjoy her roller skates? In a gently affirming tale for any child who has had a cherished something of their very own, Meg Medina’s playful storytelling and Leo Espinosa’s charming illustrations remind readers that taking turns is not the same as taking away.
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Meg Medina is the Library of Congress’s 2023–2024 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and the author of the Newbery Medal–winning book Merci Suárez Changes Gears. She is also the author of award-winning young adult novels and picture books, including No More Señora Mimí, illustrated by Brittany Cicchese; Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez; Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was a Pura Belpré Author and Illustrator Award Honor Book; and Tía Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, she lives in Richmond, Virginia.
Leo Espinosa is an award-winning illustrator and designer from Bogotá, Colombia. He is the illustrator of many books for kids, including Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion by Charles R. Smith Jr. and Islandborn by Junot Díaz, a Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor Book. His work has been featured by the New Yorker, the New York Times, the BBC, and more. Leo Espinosa lives with his family in Salt Lake City, Utah.
