I Don't Care -- Julie Fogliano, Hardcover

Two Caldecott honorees and real-life best friends team up to illustrate a lyrical story of friendship, from bestselling author Julie Fogliano.

Like the two stars of this story, illustrators Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal know that petty differences just make a good friendship stronger. As artwork passed back and forth between their mailboxes, childhood versions of each artist came to life and came together on the page into one unified creation. The simple palette of teal and yellow over graphite was an easy choice: their two favorite colors.

Award-winning author Julie Fogliano's rhythmic rhymes bring it all together, expressing the unconditional love any best friend can relate to: "Mostly I care that you're you and I'm me, and I care that we're us, and I care that we're we."

Author: Julie Fogliano
Publisher: Neal Porter Books
Published: 11/22/2022
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 9.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780823443451
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2022
Booklist 09/01/2022 pg. 80
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2022 pg. 56
Publishers Weekly 09/26/2022