Bright Star
Why we picked it
This Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor book pairs spare, powerful language with Yuyi Morales's sumptuous, layered imagery to tell a story that works as nature tale, meditation on courage, and reflection on finding one's place.
Our review
A fawn makes her way through a landscape filled with beauty, danger, and unexpected kindness in this Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor book from Yuyi Morales. With spare, powerful language and sumptuous, layered imagery, she tells a story that works simultaneously as a nature tale, a meditation on courage, and a reflection on finding one's way in an unfamiliar place. Every page is an invitation to look more deeply.
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A Pura Belpr Illustrator Honor BookWinner of the Toms Rivera Mexican Childrens Book AwardInspiring, reassuring, and beautifully illustrated, this new story from the creator of the New York Times bestseller Dreamers is the perfect gift for every child.A New York Times Best Childrens Book of the YearWith the combination of powerful, spare language and sumptuous, complex imagery characteristic of her work, Yuyi Morales weaves the tale of a fawn making her way through a landscape that is dangerous, beautifuland full of potential. A gentle voice urges her onward, to face her fears and challenge the obstacles that seek to hold her back.Child, you are awake!You are alive!You are a bright star,Inside our hearts.With a voice full of calm, contemplative wisdom, readers are invited to listen and observe, to accept themselvesand to dare to shout!In a world full of uncertainty, Bright Star seeks to offer reassurance and courage. Yuyi Morales first book since her New York Times bestseller Dreamers explores the borderlandsthe plants, animals, and insects that make their home in the desert, and the people who live and travel through this unique and beautiful part of the world.Created with a combination of techniques including hand-embroidered lettering, painting, sketching, digital paintings with textures from photographs of the Sonoran Desert, this stunning book is full of beautyfrom the handwoven blanket of the endpapers through the last inspiring spread of young families facing their future with determination and hope.
Resource details
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- Elementary
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