Award-winning author Angela Johnson and illustrator Scott Fischer take you inside the mind of a spunky girl and the imaginative world she lives in with this delightful story now available as a Classic Board Book!
Lottie Paris may be precocious, but she still knows how to act like a kid. She dresses up, plays on the slide, and prefers to eat cookies instead of vegetables. She has a great imagination and sees the possibilities in the simplest pleasures. Plus, she’s sassy, so there’s no chance of getting bored.
Join Lottie Paris in her world and you’ll never look at yours the same again!Angela Johnson has won three Coretta Scott King Awards, one each for her novelsThe First Part Last,Heaven, andToning the Sweep.The First Part Lastwas also the recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award. She is also the author of the novelsLooking for RedandA Certain October. Her books for younger readers include the Coretta Scott King Honor BookWhen I Am Old with You, illustrated by David Soman;Wind FlyersandI Dream of Trains, both illustrated by Loren Long; andLottie Paris Lives Hereand its sequelLottie Paris and the Best Place, both illustrated by Scott M. Fischer. Additional picture books include A Sweet Smell of Roses,Just Like Josh Gibson,The Day Ray Got Away, andAll Different Now. In recognition of her outstanding talent, Angela was named a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Kent, Ohio. Visit her at AJohnsonAuthor.com.
Scott M. Fischer is a painter by birth, a musician by training, and a storyteller by choice. Best known as the author/illustrator ofJUMP!, he is also the illustrator ofTwinkle, theNew York TimesbestsellingPeter Pan in Scarlet,Lottie Paris Lives Here, andLottie Paris and the Best Place. Scott lives with his wife, daughter, and a menagerie of animals in Belchertown, Massachusetts.TlS!