People’s lives change in England, Paris, Israel and beyond without even knowing it was all because of Amelia. It’s an explosion of smudgy colors and motion, and somewhere in the bustle, little Amelia smiles as she skips through the puddles. The story opens on a panoramic spread of rainy NYC. But it’s also clear that much of his inspiration and joy comes from his hometown streets of New York City, a fact particularly evident in his new picture book, Because Amelia Smiled. I can’t blame the guy for feeling out of place, especially with Disneyland around the corner. “This is so California,” he says, squinting at the hotel pool, which is empty except for a sunburned couple paddling around the far end. This is sunny California-ALA 2012 in Anaheim-and Stein, a lifelong New Yorker, is a little out of his element. David Ezra Stein sits poolside, hunched over his composition notebook and safely tucked in the shade of an umbrella.
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