Neighbors Aut Michelle Cusolito living out of a suitcase

living out of a suitcase until MGM offered Lena something more—the first ever studio contract for a black actress

and finds her way to a boy named Mateo

Laxmi never paid much attention to the tiny hairs above her lip

And she sees herself marching in a protest from Selma to Montgomery

and scale the soaring summits of the Rocky Mountains with this book that brings you up close to nature's greatest adventures

Neighbors Aut Michelle Cusolito living out of a suitcaseAuthor illustratorEinat Tsarfati's picture book The Neighbors is the story of a young girl envisioning a more exciting life that "celebrates both imaginative power and the way great imaginations sometimes miss what's closest to them" (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review). As a young girl climbs the seven stories to her own (very boring!) apartment, she imagines what's behind each of the doors she passes. Does the door with all the locks belong to a