Books like Starry Messenger
By Peter Sís
For the kid who asks what's really out there past the stars, this is a true story about the man who first looked closely enough to find out. Quiet, reverent, and a little awestruck — like flipping through an old, beautiful notebook of the night sky.
Two curious kids set off on a wonder walk through nature, asking playful questions about the world — is the sun a light bulb, is dirt the earth's skin — and seeing everything anew.
A collection of poems invites young readers through seven die-cut doorways into moods and moments — a dragon piñata, an alligator on the A train, a hungry yeti — turning everyday feelings into flights of imagination.
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 poor boy who longs to paint is given a magic paintbrush that brings to life whatever he creates, until a greedy emperor sets out to capture him and claim its power for himself.
A proper young boy named Vasya Kandinsky hears colors sing and sees sounds dance when he opens his paint box — but will he dare to paint music instead of pretty houses and flowers?
A boy with a summer to fill decides to grow his own civilization from scratch, planting a mystery crop that towers over him and ends up supplying food, clothing, shelter, and games.
A collection of poems that offer instructions for everyday wonders and wild imaginings alike — how to toast a marshmallow, meet a hedgehog, or even become a snowflake.
An engineer and an explorer climb into a hollow metal ball they invented called the Bathysphere, risking leaks and explosions to dive deeper into the ocean than anyone has gone before.
A nonfiction picture book that explains how scientists uncover dinosaur fossils bone by fragile bone, then piece giant skeletons back together inside museums for us to see today.
A white shape drifts across page after page of blue sky, looking like a rabbit, a bird, an ice-cream cone, and more — until a final reveal answers what it really is.
A tour through the natural world reveals how seeds travel to new ground — riding ocean waves, rolling in dung beetle balls, or drifting away on the wind.
Monarch butterflies leave Canada each fall and fly all the way to Mexico, crossing snow-capped mountains and deserts to reach the forests their ancestors once called home.
