Maya Inside

In this sweet picture book, Maya retreats into a box when some kids tease her. Inside, it’s safe and beautiful. But when she sees how much life she’s missing out on outside her box, Maya realizes it’s time to put the box aside and rejoin the world.

Alison Hughes is an award-winning author of many books for children and young adults, including The Silence Slips In, winner of the R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature and Hit the Ground Running, a nominee for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Her books have been nominated 11 times for children’s choice awards across Canada, and her short stories have appeared in anthologies and have been finalists for the CBC Nonfiction Prize and the Writers’ Union of Canada Short Fiction Competition. She lives in Edmonton with her family.

Brady Sato is a Japanese Canadian illustrator who specializes in digital illustration. They developed an appreciation for visual storytelling from watching TV shows and reading manga as a child in Japan. Brady studied visual narrative at The Art Department (TAD) in Austin, Texas, with Pixar artist Kelsey Mann. They are the creator of the popular webcomic All That You Are and their first picture book, Kunoichi Bunny, was named a 2022 New York Public Library’s Best Book for Kids. Brady lives in Canmore, Alberta.