Miles Ahead

An adorable dog helps his family welcome a new baby after their gift goes missing in this warm and funny picture book from the award-winning creator of Drawn Together.

Road trip! There’s a new baby cousin in the family and a boy and his dog, Miles, can’t wait to take a trip to deliver them a shiny new present. There’s only one problem: in all the chaos of packing, the present has gone missing! In a rush to recover it, the boy encourages his family to retrace their steps around the house, but the only things they can find are an old blankie, a favorite stuffie, and his beloved booties. Luckily, Miles has excellent canine smarts and just might be able to sniff out a solution. . .

Told with lively dialogue, playful, detailed illustrations, and a clever ending, here is a story about one family’s discovery of what makes a gift truly special."Exuberant slice-of-life illustrations, reassuring family-sitcom rapport, and a clever visual punch line turn the quandary into a celebration of memory and resourcefulness." —Publishers WeeklyMinh Lê is the acclaimed author of several picture books. His projects with Dan Santat include Built to Last; The Blur; Drawn Together, which won the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature; and Lift, which was an Eisner Award nominee and received five starred reviews. Minh is also the author of Real to Me, illustrated by Raissa Figueroa, Let Me Finish!, illustrated by Isabel Roxas, and The Perfect Seat, illustrated by Gus Gordon. Minh has written for the New York Times, the Horn Book, and the Huffington Post. He currently lives in San Diego, California with his wife and kids.

Lynnor Bontigao hails from one of the more than 7,600 islands of the Philippines. She is the illustrator of You Are Revolutionary by Cindy Wang Brandt, The World's Best Class Plant by Liz Garton Scanlon and Audrey Vernick, Kailani’s Gift by Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young, Seashell Key chapter book series, and her debut picture book as author-illustrator, Sari-Sari Summers. A member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and the winner of the 2020 SCBWI Tomie dePaola Professional Development Award, Lynnor Bontigao lives in New Jersey with her family.