Isabel Greenberg is an award-winning illustrator, comic artist, and writer. She is the author-illustrator of the picture book The Midnight Babies, and the illustrator of A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars, which has more than 60,000 copies in print, won the Mathical Book Prize, and was named a Boston Globe Horn Book Award honor and "best of the year" by Amazon, Space.com, and the Planetary Society. Her graphic novels, including the New York Times bestseller The Encyclopedia of Early Earth, have received starred reviews, won the Best Book Award at the British Comic Awards, and received the Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize, among other praise. Greenberg has worked with a variety of clients, including the Guardian, Nobrow Press, The National Trust, and the New York Times. She lives in London and enjoys illustrating all things historical.

"The matter-of-fact text contrasts nicely with the frenetic activity pictured, bringing a sense of mischief and fun to a situation kids and adults know all too well...An inventive take on a familiar struggle."

--Kirkus Review

"While expressing tongue-in-cheek sympathy to the plights of children and adults faced with leaving the house, Greenberg (Power Up) reflects back to readers their own brilliance around claiming free will--not by saying no to everyday asks, but by saying yes to creative possibilities."

--Publishers Weekly

"Fully embracing the child's point of view, this story demonstrates the idea of the journey being more important than the destination."

--Booklist

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Pub date: 2026-01-20

Length: 32 pages