About the Book From Caldecott honoree LeUyen Pham, a moving picture book celebrating essential workers and the community coming together to face the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Book Synopsis From Caldecott honoree LeUyen Pham, Outside, Inside is a moving picture book that captures the unforgettable moment during the pandemic when people all over the world came together. It celebrates the essential workers, frontline workers, and communities that worked with each other to protect our loved ones. Something strange happened on an unremarkable day just before the season changed. Everybody who was outside . . . . . . went inside. Outside, it was quieter, wilder, and different. Inside, we laughed, we cried, and we grew. We remembered to protect the ones we love and love the ones who protect us. While the world changed outside, we became stronger on the inside and believed that someday soon spring would come again. A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of 2021 Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids List of 2021 A Shelf Awareness Best Childrens Book of 2021 A 2022 Notable Childrens Books in the Language Arts List Review Quotes This powerful ode to community delivers a timeless message of humility, perseverance, and hope. -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review Reflecting shared experiences and hopes, heres a welcome picture book for our times. -- Booklist , starred review This optimistic book will help even very young children make sense of Covid-19. -- Shelf Awareness, starred review A testimony both to loss experienced and moments of unexpected good. -- Publishers Weekly Colorful, warm-hearted . . . [and] optimistic. -- Horn Book Poetic understatement and somber images capture the new normal in this essential purchase. -- School Library Journal Selected praise for LeUyen Phams work: This authentic, important book will mean a great deal to many kids. -- School Library Journal , starred review, on the New York Times Bestseller Best Friends The stylized, comical creatures belie the depth of the message that comes through for even the youngest of readers: We are all in this together, and our differences strengthen our unity. -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review, on Caldecott Honor winner Bear Came Along Wistful, affecting, and utterly charming. -- Booklist , starred review, on the New York Times Bestseller Real Friends Seamlessly blends together a good story, lyrical language, and deft, supporting artwork. -- Booklist , starred review on Fallingwater This sweet book can be enjoyed by children in a group setting or when shared one-on-one with someone special. -- School Library Journal on Theres No Such Thing as Little Captured in warm and bright illustrations . . . this story about doing the right thing and the power of friendship is a strong choice for story hours and classroom read-alouds. -- Booklist on A Piece of Cake Erdoss unconventional brilliance shines through on every page. -- Publishers Weekly , starred review, on The Boy Who Loved Math [Phams illustrations] radiate a warmth as arresting as Ezra Jack Keats. -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review, on A Stick is an Excellent Thing [LeUyen Pham is] a master at conveying a full range of facial expressions and delightful comic details in her lively sketches. -- School Library Journal on All The Things I Love About You With warmth and good humor, the ups and downs of sisterly love are perfectly conveyed. -- School Library Journal on Big Sister, Little Sister About the Author LeUyen Pham has illustrated more than one hundred books for children, including the Caldecott Honor book Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris and the bestselling Princess in Black series by Shannon and Dean Hale. She is the cocreator, along with Shannon Hale, of the bestselling graphic memoirs Real Friends and Best Friends . Her own books include The Bear Who Wasnt There and Big Sister, Little Sister . A graduate of the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, LeUyen lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.