This Is My Bag: A Story of the Unhoused

An unhoused person carries a bag through the streets, to a shelter, to a house, to the subway, and the park. With each changing location, the protagonist and their bag also changes, reflecting the various faces and reasons for homelessness and asking the reader to contemplate themes of community, self-reliance, and the meaning of "home."

Author: Roxanne Chester
Publisher: Paw Prints Publishing
Published: 11/21/2023
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 11.24h x 8.84w x 0.15d
ISBN: 9781223187181

About the Author
Roxanne Chester is a graduate of Berkeley Law School with a career background in advocacy. She has spent many years working for organizations that support the unhoused. She identifies as a person of African American and Mexican American descent. She creates children's books that address empathy and humanity. This is her first picture book.

Abe Matias is an illustrator and puppet artist based in Los Angeles, CA. He spent his childhood in Mexico making his own toys and drawing lots of stories. After getting a degree in graphic design in Chicago, he moved to LA to work as a designer, illustrator in the entertainment and gaming industry. He's done work for HarperCollins, Macmillan, Nickelodeon, Disney, HBO, and Blizzard.