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  • Published: 26 March 2024
  • ISBN: 9781728256122
  • Imprint: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $40.00

Ellie Mae Dreams Big!



The New York Times best-selling novelist Kristina McMorris makes her picture book debut with the winning story of a girl tackling the all-important question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"

The sister duo of New York Times best-selling novelist Kristina McMorris and award-winning artist Amanda Yoshida makes their collaborative debut with a delightful story of a girl whose big dreams are far from ordinary.
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

At the teacher's all-important question, Ellie Mae's mind swirls with ideas. An astronaut or a chef? Better yet, why not an astronaut-chef? Since the moon is made of cheese, her galactic grilled-cheese sandwiches could be known throughout the universe! Or . . . she could be a 'ballerina-painter,' creating masterpieces while leaping across the stage.

In the end, there are so many options, Ellie Mae fears she can't possibly pick—until the answer dawns on her. What she chooses will surprise her classmates as much as the reader!

  • Published: 26 March 2024
  • ISBN: 9781728256122
  • Imprint: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $40.00

About the authors

Kristina McMorris

Kristina McMorris is a New York Times bestselling author of two novellas and six novels, including the runaway bestseller Sold on a Monday. Initially inspired by her grandparents’ WWII courtship letters, her works of fiction have garnered more than twenty national literary awards. Prior to her writing career, she owned a wedding-and-event planning company until she had far surpassed her limit of YMCA and chicken dances. She also worked as a weekly TV-show host for Warner Bros. and an ABC affiliate, beginning at age nine with an Emmy Award-winning program. A graduate of Pepperdine University, she lives near Portland, Oregon, where (ironically) she’s entirely deficient of a green thumb and doesn’t own a single umbrella.

Amanda Yoshida

AMANDA YOSHIDA attended Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Los Angeles and went on to work for several years as a 3D artist and graphic designer. She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon.