Books like Fireworks
By Matthew Burgess
For the kid who counts down the hours until dark on the Fourth of July, this book captures that whole shimmering wait — and the payoff. Warm, sun-soaked, and electric — a summer evening building toward wonder.
A precocious girl wakes early every Monday, drags her chair down the hallway past her sleepy family, and waits outside for the one honking arrival she's been looking forward to all week.
A restless chicken named Louise leaves the henhouse craving adventure, facing pirates on the high seas, a lion under the big top, and a mysterious stranger in a bustling bazaar.
A young traveler sets off into the wide world, soaring to great heights and seeing amazing sights, but also facing slumps, lurches, and lonely stretches along the way.
A girl who loves pushing elevator buttons feels put out when her little brother wants a turn — until a mysterious old button appears and opens up whole worlds to explore.
A young painter defies a male-dominated art world by pouring paint straight onto canvas and pushing it with mops and squeegees, inventing a whole new way to make pictures.
A curious child finds a key to a door that's been shut for ages, and stepping through it turns a gray, drab world into something vivid, strange, and alive with possibility.
A girl who grows up watching fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains notices they blink in perfect unison — and sets out to convince skeptical scientists that the dazzling synchronized show is real.
A little girl with a wobbly loose tooth runs around her city block to tell everyone the big news, and discovers her neighbors carry whole countries with them.
After the gods fail again and again to create lasting humans across five different suns, Quetzalcóatl the Feathered Serpent alone refuses to give up, journeying to the underworld to retrieve the sacred bones of creation.
On a hot summer night the power goes out across the city, and a boy's family — bored, hot, and disconnected from their screens — heads to the roof and discovers stars, neighbors, and each other.
