And They Walk On
Published on 17. November 2025
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-1-250-82198-0 (ISBN)
Description
When a young boy's grandmother walks on, he wonders where she's gone.
Did she go to the market to buy ripe melons? Or maybe she's in the garden, watering her herbs?
It feels like she's somewhere far away, so the boy finds news ways to share stories about his day, hoping she can hear him.
Even her house feels like it's waiting for her return. Then as the boy approaches the kitchen, the scent and memories of her cooking assure him that no matter where she is, her love will always be close by.
Because when someone walks on, they stay with us. They grow in our hearts and guide us as we walk in their footsteps.
Award-winning author of Fry Bread, Kevin Noble Maillard, breathes life in this intimate picture book about the love that lasts even after a loved one has walked on, with illustrations from renowned, best-selling artist, Rafael Lopez.
Did she go to the market to buy ripe melons? Or maybe she's in the garden, watering her herbs?
It feels like she's somewhere far away, so the boy finds news ways to share stories about his day, hoping she can hear him.
Even her house feels like it's waiting for her return. Then as the boy approaches the kitchen, the scent and memories of her cooking assure him that no matter where she is, her love will always be close by.
Because when someone walks on, they stay with us. They grow in our hearts and guide us as we walk in their footsteps.
Award-winning author of Fry Bread, Kevin Noble Maillard, breathes life in this intimate picture book about the love that lasts even after a loved one has walked on, with illustrations from renowned, best-selling artist, Rafael Lopez.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Milford
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 4 years
Product notice
Picture book
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
full color illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 258 mm
Width: 256 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-250-82198-0 (9781250821980)
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Kevin Maillard is a contributor to the New York Times and a professor of law at Syracuse University. He is the author of Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, a picture book illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal, which won the Sibert Medal and the American Indian Youth Literature Honor. An enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, he lives with his family in Manhattan and Vermont. kevinmaillard.com
Rafael Lopez is a New York Times-bestselling, award winning illustrator who has illustrated numerous acclaimed picture books, including The Day You Begin and The Year We Learned to Fly (New York Times bestsellers), Dancing Hands (Pura Belpre Medal), and Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You (Schneider Award), among others. Rafael is the recipient of three Pura Belpre medals, the Schneider Family Book Award, the Jane Addams Book Award, and the Tomas Rivera Book Award. He was the first guest artist of the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum and founder of the Urban Art Trail, a series of large-scale community murals around the U.S. Rafael lives in San Diego and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. rafaellopez.com
Rafael Lopez is a New York Times-bestselling, award winning illustrator who has illustrated numerous acclaimed picture books, including The Day You Begin and The Year We Learned to Fly (New York Times bestsellers), Dancing Hands (Pura Belpre Medal), and Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You (Schneider Award), among others. Rafael is the recipient of three Pura Belpre medals, the Schneider Family Book Award, the Jane Addams Book Award, and the Tomas Rivera Book Award. He was the first guest artist of the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum and founder of the Urban Art Trail, a series of large-scale community murals around the U.S. Rafael lives in San Diego and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. rafaellopez.com