All Are Neighbors (An All Are Welcome Book)

by Alexandra Penfold, Suzanne Kaufman (Illustrator)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Welcome to the Neighborhood. Whether you've just arrived or have been here for a bit, this is your community, and you belong. That is the message that Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman have been championing since 2018 and have had inspirational success. Matching the comfort of Penfold's words, Kaufman treats us with fun, bright art and tons of nods to pop and literary culture throughout the story. All Are Neighbors is the much-needed picture book of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

When a new family moves in, the whole neighborhood comes together to celebrate their diverse community in this uplifting new book from the bestselling creators of All Are Welcome!

Let’s go walking down our street.
Friends and neighbors here to greet.
There are oh so many folks to meet.
We all are neighbors here.

Moving to a new place can be hard, but when your neighbors welcome you with open arms, there are so many things to discover and celebrate. Come along with the kids from the bestsellers of All Are Welcome and Big Feelings as they introduce the new kid to a community where everyone has a place and is loved and appreciated—no matter what.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593430002
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	08/23/2022
Series:	All Are Welcome
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	44
Lexile:	AD300L (what's this?)
File size:	17 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Alexandra Penfold is a literary agent and the author of All Are Welcome, Big Feelings, The Littlest Viking, and Eat, Sleep, Poop. When she isn't writing and drinking strong iced coffee, she can be found perfecting her lattice crust. She lives in Brooklyn with her family. 

Suzanne Kaufman is an author, illustrator, animator, and lover of school potlucks. Her books include All Are Welcome, Big Feelings, Confiscated!, I Love Monkey, 100 Bugs!, Naughty Claudine's Christmas, and Samanthasaurus Rex. When not tramping through the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, you will find her teaching animation or working in her studio. She lives in Seattle with her family. 

Editorial Reviews

"A book to share, a community to celebrate, and a spirit to promote everywhere." —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

09/02/2022

PreS-Gr 2—As a new family moves into an urban neighborhood the community extends a welcome. Simple rhymes with the refrain "We are all neighbors here" end each couplet as readers see a small child in a star-spangled blue dress making friends, exploring the shops and parks and community center and being accepted with smiles and open hearts. Every manner of family and community are represented in the detailed and colorful illustrations. Children and adults of all races, ages, and physical capabilities, wearing varied religious garb, and pursuing a variety of interests and occupations, are shown interacting and being supportive of one another. Diversity is the theme and the illustrations are replete with happy examples. Children will delight in looking at the details of life in this community as shown on each page. Recommended for all collections. VERDICT A successful glimpse of a diverse urban neighborhood welcoming a new family into a happy and productive community.—Eva Elisabeth VonAncken

School Library Journal

2022-08-17
“What is a community? It’s a place for you and me.”

From a poster on the underside of the book jacket showing an array of people to a spread featuring neighborhood businesses on the case cover, this follow-up to All Are Welcome (2018) celebrates a vibrant community. A brown-skinned family—an adult, a child, and an infant—move into a new residence. Other brown-skinned neighbors on the block greet the newcomers with smiles and raised hands. Spread by spread, the family meets new people who are diverse in terms of age, race, religion, and ability. Friendships are formed at a corner market, on busy sidewalks, at a coffee shop, at a library, at a playground, and elsewhere. Penfold’s easy, concise, rhythmic verse offers an age-appropriate road map for how to meet neighbors and make friends (“A friendly smile, a familiar face, / Helping hands, just in case”). Kaufman’s vivid and bold illustrations feature a mainly primary palette and a variety of perspectives as well as myriad details to delight eagle-eyed young readers. Moreover, the careful attention to inclusion and equity (the wheelchair ramp to the library goes right to the front door) will prompt thoughtful conversations about how all people can contribute to and enjoy their neighborhood. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A book to share, a community to celebrate, and a spirit to promote everywhere. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews