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Andrea J. Loneygrew up in New Jersey with a love for music--in her school bandshe played the xylophone. After receiving an MFA from New York University, she joined a circus, then moved to Hollywood to write for film and television. Her previous picture books include the New Voices Award-winning biography Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! and Bunnybear. Currently a computer science instructor at a community college, Andrea lives with her family and their pets in a Los Angeles home filled with music . . . and picture books. Learn more atandreajloney.com or on instagram @AndreaJLoney. Rudy Gutierrez is an award-winning illustrator whose works have earned him a Pura Belpre Honor, an Americas Award, a Children's Africana Book Award, and a New York Book Award. A Bronx native, he now lives in New Jersey and teaches illustration at the Pratt Institute. In 2002, he was commissioned to create the cover for Santana's multi-platinum album Shaman, and his art hangs in the private collections of musical icons Carlos Santana, Clive Davis, and Wayne Shorter, among others. Learn more at altpick.com/rudygutierrez or on instagram @Rudy_Gutierrez_art.
Simple language complements complex paintings to create the perfect literary melody. --Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Sparse, onomatopoeic text by Loney (Bunnybear) and vibrant, cubist-style art by Gutierrez (Mama and Me) combine to create a harmony of sound and emotion through a child's journey, his family's warmth, and music's restorative powers. -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review A book about a lot of things--music, and determination, and straddling worlds, and the celebration of Black boyhood and family--that nevertheless feels cohesive and effortless. -Horn Book, Starred Review
