It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way Firefly Books Growing up in California

Growing up in California

A tender and fascinating guide that is equally at home being read to a child on a parent's lap as in a classroom reading circle

Hundreds of millions of copies have found their way into homes and hearts around the world

Lindsay Mattick

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way Firefly Books Growing up in California"Playful, bold, and, much like its subject, full of grace." Jillian Tamaki, Caldecott Honor winner for This One Summer "It Began with a Page tells [Gyo Fujikawa's] story beautifully, in picture book form." The New Yorker From beloved team Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad (creators of Julia, Child and Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli) comes an elegant picture book biography that portrays the most moving moments in the life of Gyo