Before You: A Picture Book Sam Priddy Jules will barely even look

Jules will barely even look at Eowyn

genre-expanding debut

and invaluable window into the life of a former “token Black kid” who now presents himself as the friend many readers need

A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids 2023

now available in an easy-to-read graphic format with all-new art

Before You: A Picture Book Sam Priddy Jules will barely even lookA picture book celebrating the ways any new addition to a family brings joyful chaos and makes everyday experiences that much sweeter, warmer, better! Before you, there was a bath, a book, and a comfy bed. Then you came and now the bath is sudsier, the book is sillier, and the bed is bouncier! When a new child is introduced into a householdwhether they are being fostered, adopted or being welcomed as a newbornthere is always a before and an after.