On Regent Street in Philadelphia, stories are still told of Luigi, who could run faster than anybody and never lost a race on those long-ago summer evenings when neighbors would gather on front stoops
On Regent Street in Philadelphia, stories are still told of Luigi, who could run faster than anybody and never lost a race on those long-ago summer evenings when neighbors would gather on front stoops to watch. They say Luigi always ran barefoot. And they speak of his greatest challenge—the race nobody thought he could win, not even Luigi himself.
Dan Paley
lives with his wife and three young boys in Irvine, CA, where he works as a creative director for a nonprofit. This is his first children's book.
Aaron Boyd (Milwaukee, WI) has been illustrating children's books and magazines for more than 20 years, with a focus on multicultural themes and animal fairy tales. He is the illustrator of 25 children's books including Babu's Song, Daddy Goes to Work, Can't Take a Bath, and the Panda Goes to School series. His pop—up Storybook Year won a Clio Top 4 award and was inducted into the Smithsonian Rare Books collection. Aaron's books have also received Children's Africana Book, Choices Sports, Notable Children's Book, and Hermes Creative awards, and his advertising graphics have received Addy Gold and Graphis awards.
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