Abstract:In the picture book Last Stop on Market Street (de la Peña, 2015), the protagonist, CJ, is upset that he and his grandmother must take their regular Sunday bus ride through the city. Along the way, though, CJ sees friends, meets new people, and interrogates the world around him, under the guidance of his grandmother, who helps him become a "better witness for what's beautiful" in his world (de la Peña, 2015). In many ways, not only does CJ's world expand in the book, but the book itself also expands beyond tra… Show more
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