The Innkeeper’s Apprentice (1979), Allen Say’s first and only long-form book, tells his own life story and inspired his picture book autobiography, Drawing from Memory (2011).
Bishop believes that multicultural books need to express the richness of a specific culture, but also express qualities that are universal to all people.
Picture books provide teachers and students with every kind of genre and opportunities to teach about a wide variety of topics, from dramatic irony to science.
