# I Don't Care - Hardcover

by **Julie Fogliano** (Author), **Molly Idle** (Illustrator), **Juana Martinez-Neal** (Illustrator)

**Two Caldecott honorees--and real-life best friends-- team up to illustrate a story of friendship from bestselling author Julie Fogliano.**

Like the two stars of this story, illustrators Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal know that differences only make a good friendship stronger. In this bouncy, rhyming story, two best friends think about all the little things that don't matter- and the big things that really, really do.

_Mostly I care that you're you and I'm me,_  
_and I care that we're us,_  
_and I care that we're we._

With each artist designing and drawing one character, and collaborating on the scenery and details, Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal transformed this sweet story into a celebration of friendship- including their own- and a unique artistic vision.

Working remotely, they swapped drawings across the country, using a limited palette of teal and yellow over graphite. As artwork passed back and forth between their mailboxes, childhood versions of each artist came to life and came together on the page into one unified creation.

Award-winning author Julie Fogliano's rhythmic rhymes bring it all together, expressing the unconditional love any best friend can relate to.

### Author Biography

**Julie Fogliano** is the New York Times bestselling author of, among other tiles, _And Then It's Spring_ and _If You Want to See a Whale_ as well as the poetry collection, as well as _Just in Case You Want to Fly_, illustrated by Christian Robinson. Recipient of the 2013 the Ezra Jack Keats award and two Boston Globe-Horn Book Honors, her books have been translated into more than ten languages. Julie lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and three children.  

**Molly Idle**'s work as an author-illustrator includes the Caldecott Honor Book _Flora and the Flamingo_, _Flora and the Penguin_, _Flora and the Peacocks_, _Flora and the Chicks_, _Flora and the Ostrich_, and _Tea Rex_, _Camp Rex_, _Sea Rex_, and _Santa Rex_, among other books, including _Pearl_, an original fable about a mermaid who learns the power of one small act. She lives with her family in Arizona, and invites you to visit her at idleillustration.com.

**Juana Martinez-Neal** is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Honor winning book _Alma and How She Got Her Name_. She also illustrated _La Princesa and the Pea_ by Susan Middleton Elya, for which she won a Pura Belpré Illustrator Award, _Babymoon_ by Hayley Barrett, _Swashby and the Sea_ by Beth Ferry, and _Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story_ by Kevin Noble Maillard, which won a Robert F. Sibert Medal. Juana Martinez-Neal lives in Connecticut with her family. Visit her online at www.juanamartinezneal.com.

**Number of Pages:** 40

**Dimensions:** 0.7 x 8.9 x 9.9 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** November 22, 2022

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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