Sundust
(A Caldecott Honor Book)
$33.65
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2025
Summary
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
CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593700112 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0593700112 |
| Author: | Zeke Peña |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 515g |
| Dimensions: | 262mm x 264mm x 12mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for Sundust by Zeke Peña:A 2026 Randolph Caldecott Honor BookThe Society of Illustrators Original Art Show selectionA 2026 Tomás Rivera Book Award (younger readers category)An ALSC 2026 Notable Children’s Book (All Ages category)A School Library Journal Best Book of 2025An NPR ‘Books We Love 2025’ selectionA Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2025A Children’s Book Review 40 of the Best Picture Books of 2025A Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature (CSMCL) Best Books of 2025A 2025 The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (BCCB) Blue Ribbon Award★ “…stunning…Author-illustrator Peña breathes life into the desert setting…Kids who find magic in everything around them will appreciate this lovely reassurance that they are even more connected to the world than they think.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review★ “In a wide-ranging solo debut, Peña (My Papi Has a Motorcycle) imagines two Latinx-cued children exploring a sweeping desertscape…. Speech bubbles add levity to energy-charged prose through this surreal exploration of the way the natural world endures and transforms.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review★ “A hypnotic joy.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review★ “Spectacular…This book connects the magic of imagination, nature, and childhood beautifully.” —School Library Journal, starred review “Pena offers a depiction of place and wonder that transcends borders and national identity…poignant and timely.” —Horn Book “The mix of traditional illustration methods, graphite pencil, colored pencil, and gouache gives a fresh, contemporary feel… Hand-lettered words for emphasis and occasional speech bubbles add fun graphic-novel elements.”—Booklist Online
About The Author
Zeke Peña
Zeke Pena is a Xicano storyteller and professional doodler from El Paso, TX, the Sun City. Sundust, which received a Caldecott Honor, is his author-illustrator debut and is a love poem to desert culture and people. Zeke received the Ezra Jack Keats and the Pura Belpre Illustration Honors for My Papi Has a Motorcycle and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for his illustrations in Photographic- The Life of Graciela Iturbide. He also illustrated the New York Times bestseller Miles Morales Suspended- A Spider-Man Novel. He is currently drawing more books in his tiny studio in NW Arkansas.
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