In Praise of Mystery
Published on 12. November 2024
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-324-05400-9 (ISBN)
Description
As part of her tenure as US poet laureate, Ada Limon has written "In Praise of Mystery," which will be engraved on the Europa Clipper spacecraft that launches to Jupiter and its moons in October 2024. Published here as Limon's debut picture book, this luminous poem is illustrated by celebrated and internationally renowned artist Peter Sis.
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 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to Third Grade, Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Illustrations
color artwork throughout
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
326 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-324-05400-9 (9781324054009)
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Ada Limon 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 Sis 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.