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Joshua David Stein

JOSHUA DAVID STEIN is a James Beard Award–winning author, journalist, and editor. His previous books include Notes from a Young Black Chef and My America, both with Kwame Onwuachi; Russ & Daughters: 100 Years of Appetizing, with Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper; Dad, What’s for Dinner? with David Nayfeld; and many others. He has also written many children’s books, including Make New Friends, which was named one of the best children’s books of the year for 2025 by The New York Times. His writing has appeared in Esquire, New York, The New York Times, Financial Times, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn.
Lunch from Home/Comida de casa (Bilingual English-Spanish Edition)
Solitary Animals: Introverts of the Wild/Animales solitarios: Los introvertidos de la naturaleza(Bilingual English-Spanish Edition)
The Catalogue of Hugs
Lunch from Home
Solitary Animals
The Invisible Alphabet

Books

Lunch from Home/Comida de casa (Bilingual English-Spanish Edition)
Solitary Animals: Introverts of the Wild/Animales solitarios: Los introvertidos de la naturaleza(Bilingual English-Spanish Edition)
The Catalogue of Hugs
Lunch from Home
Solitary Animals
The Invisible Alphabet

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