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Sundust: (A Caldecott Honor Book)

by Pe Publisher: KOKILA

Siblings venture beyond the wall

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Caldecott Honor Book

    Named a Caldecott Honor Book.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Siblings venture beyond the wall

Two curious siblings cross a wall into a vast desert, following a trail of sundust. The landscape invites exploration: nopal trees, empty turtle shells, and enormous rocks each offer something to climb, examine, or pause beside. The sun’s influence connects the adventure’s setting to its many details, giving the desert a central role in the book’s imaginative world. As an author-illustrator debut, it brings together a sibling adventure and a close encounter with the natural landscape.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 interested in imaginative adventures.
  • Young readers who enjoy stories about siblings and exploring nature.
  • Families looking for a picture book centered on a desert setting.

Themes

Sibling relationshipsCuriosity and explorationDesert landscapeSun and nature

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Book overview

CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK - In his striking author-illustrator debut, the award-winning illustrator of My Papi Has a Motorcycle offers an immersive and fantastical desert adventure, where the sun reigns over the vast landscape and shapes all that it touches.

"A hypnotic joy." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review


Where the rock wall ends, the desert beyond begins.

Following a blazing trail of sundust, two curious siblings hop the wall into a place that's endless and free. Here, prickly old nopal trees beg to be climbed, empty turtle shells invite a closer look, enormous rocks model how to sit still and listen, and a colibr
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