Sundust: (A Caldecott Honor Book)

Sundust: (A Caldecott Honor Book) - Hardcover

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Sundust: (A Caldecott Honor Book) - Hardcover

Sundust: (A Caldecott Honor Book) - Hardcover

by Zeke Peña
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by Zeke Peña (Author), Zeke Peña (Illustrator)

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 colibrí offers an unexpected ride. In the desert, where life revolves around the Sun, brother and sister explore, imagine, and wonder, What if Sun's power was inside me? until their mom's whistle calls them back home again.

With spare, lyrical text, Pura Belpré Honor and Ezra Jack Keats Honor recipient Zeke Peña has created a fantastical tale that suspends moments in time with his radiant art and celebrates the bonds between the sun, the desert, and its people.

Author Biography

Zeke Peña 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 Belpré 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.

Number of Pages: 48
Dimensions: 0.5 x 10.1 x 10.2 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: August 05, 2025
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Sundust
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 2.9
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN9780593700112
Author Zeke Peña
PublisherKokila
GenreChildren and Family
FormatHardcover
PublishedAugust 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages48
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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Zeke Peña is a Xicano storyteller and professional doodler from Sun City, TX. Sundust, his author-illustrator debut hits shelves in Summer 2025. He recently illustrated the NY Times Best-Selling Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel. Zeke was awarded the Ezra Jack Keats and the Pura Belpré Illustration Honor for My Papi Has a Motorcycle. He also received the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for his illustrations in Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide. He is currently drawing more books in his tiny studio that used to be a mop closet in NW Arkansas.

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