Delightful rhyming, illustrations, and story!

Austin Channing Brown tells her truth as a black woman of faith. Over and over again, I was breathless, at her honesty, her eloquence, her passion, and her life examples of growing up black in a "world made for whiteness" - required reading for all!

Powerful, poignant, and bittersweet.
A stark reminder that for many immigrants the journey to their new home is an agonizing undertaking -- they are often fleeing from their home country due to war, persecution, poverty, etc.

Thanks to NetGalley for an eARC copy of this graphic novel.

Quote from Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate & Holocaust Survivor
"You, who are so-called illegal aliens, must know that no human being is illegal. That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?"

A new classic!
Windows has the sumptuous feel of previous picture book classics, such as Ezra Jack Keats.
I predict that Julia Denos will be a Caldecott winner someday!

4.5 stars