The World Belonged to Us

Two children's book superstars join forces to celebrate the joy and freedom of summer in the city, which is gloriously captured in Jacqueline Woodson's rhythmic text and Leo Espinosa's lively art. As summer heats up, kids on a Brooklyn block embrace their freedom, enjoying activities like playing double Dutch, building forts, and chasing ice cream trucks. They revel in the belief that anything is possible, until it's time to go home for dinner—but they eagerly anticipate doing it all again the next day, ruling their world on the block.