Books like Sundust
By Zeke Peña
For the kid who fills every walk with detours to poke at rocks and chase lizards, Sundust turns that same wandering curiosity into something almost mythic. Sun-drenched, dreamy, quiet and expansive, with a heat-shimmer sense of wonder.
A boy who lives by the sea builds his own ship to sail out and find the magical place his late grandfather always spoke of, where the ocean meets the sky.
A rhymed journey traces unicorns from sun-dappled glades through the rise of knights, trains, and smog, asking again and again where these mystical creatures could have gone to hide.
A little girl with a boundless imagination becomes a mermaid, a wolf-raised boy, a wonderland wanderer, and more, turning cushions into castles and boxes into boats.
A young boy sets off on a moonlit walk armed with only an oversize purple crayon, drawing his own path through woods, seas, and dragons before finding his way safely back to bed.
A collection of poems imagines a curious inn run by poet William Blake, where dragons, angels, and a Man in the Moon all check in for the night.
A boy falls asleep holding a book and drifts into a wordless dream world where chess pieces come alive, a dragon appears, and landscapes shift from canyons into cities before his eyes.
A journey through a string of impossible moments — a swing that soars past treetops, a bike path made of falling leaves, balloons that turn a gray sky postcard-perfect — where the everyday world quietly becomes something else entirely.
One ordinary Tuesday evening, a pond full of frogs suddenly rises into the air on their lily pads and drifts off to explore the sleeping town nearby.
A young man buys a violin for one silver piece, and the moment he plays it, fish take to the air, cows start dancing, and apple trees sprout cake and ice cream.
A young girl studies the colors around her through the seasons — noticing that water isn't blue like everyone says, then wondering if a blue whale she's never seen really is.
A boy finds a salamander in the woods and imagines turning his own bedroom into a perfect woodland home, adding moss, trees, and stars to keep it happy.
Tiny forest children living among the roots of an old pine tree move through a full year of seasons, swimming and picking berries in summer, gathering mushrooms with fairies in fall, and feeding animal friends through the snow.
