From U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón and Caldecott Honoree Peter Sís: a transcendent picture book featuring the poem that will travel into space aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper.
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
"A luminous call to think about what is and to envision what might be."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón was invited by NASA to write a poem to be engraved on the Europa Clipper spacecraft. That poem, “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa" launched to Jupiter and its moons on October 14, 2024. Reimagined as In Praise of Mystery, Limón’s debut picture book, this luminous poem is illustrated by celebrated and internationally renowned artist Peter Sís.
In Praise of Mystery celebrates humankind’s endless curiosity, asks us what it means to explore beyond our known world, and shows how the unknown can reflect us back to ourselves.
In Praise of Mystery by Ada Limón, Peter Sís (Illustrator)
Ada Limón is the 24th U.S. poet laureate. She has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and been a finalist for the National Book Award. She has recently received both a Guggenheim and a MacArthur Fellowship. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky.
Peter Sís has received the Robert F. Sibert Medal, three Caldecott Honors, and a Sydney Taylor Honor. He was the first children’s book creator to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, and won the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Award. He lives in Hudson Valley, New York.
ISBN-13: 9781324054009
Publisher: Norton Young Readers
Publication date: 10/01/2024
Pages: 32
Product dimensions: 8.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range: 4 - 8 YearsBISAC Categories:
Young Readers - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
-Curiosity -Outer space
-Exploration -Planets
-Children's poetry, American -American poetry
-Poetry2024 Children's Books with 3 or more starred reviews
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Dewey: 811.6
LC Call Number: PS3612.I496