Blue Sky White Stars
Author
Sarvinder Naberhaus
Illustrator
Kader Nelson
Published
6/18/2019
Age Groups
Pre-K / Kindergarten (3-5)
Early Elementary (5-8)
Author
Sarvinder Naberhaus
Illustrator
Kader Nelson
Published
6/18/2019
Age Groups
Pre-K / Kindergarten (3-5)
Early Elementary (5-8)
Author
Sarvinder Naberhaus
Illustrator
Kader Nelson
Published
6/18/2019
Age Groups
Pre-K / Kindergarten (3-5)
Early Elementary (5-8)
Summary of Book
An inspiring tribute to the beauty and meaning of the American flag, a symbol of America's history and people, illustrated by New York Times bestselling and Caldecott-honor winning artist Kadir Nelson--now available with text in Spanish and English.
Wonderfully spare, deceptively simple verses pair with richly evocative paintings to celebrate the iconic imagery of our nation, beginning with the American flag. Each spread, sumptuously illustrated by award-winning artist Kadir Nelson, depicts a stirring tableau, from the view of the Statue of Library at Ellis Island to civil rights marchers shoulder to shoulder, to a spacecraft at Cape Canaveral blasting off. This book is an ode to America then and now, from sea to shining sea, and is now accessible to a much larger audience in this bilingual edition.
Author Biography
Sarvinder's second book, Blue Sky White Stars is with Caldecott winner, Coretta Scott King and NYTimes best-selling illustrator Kadir Nelson. It was Time Magazine's top 10 children's books of the year, a blue ribbon book for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, and hailed by Entertainment Weekly, HuffPost, NPR and more. It garnered 4 starred reviews and won several awards. Lines (a STEM book) also received a starred review and "will blow your mind."
Sarvinder came to the United States with her family when she was nearly four years old and continues to live in the heartland of America. To learn more about Blue Sky White Stars with information for students and teachers visit: https://bit.ly/2YqunlK
Illustrator Biography
Kadir Nelson is an acclaimed artist and the illustrator of several New York Times bestselling picture books, including his authorial debut We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, which won a Coretta Scott King Award and a Sibert Medal. Kadir has received three additional Coretta Scott King Awards and five Coretta Scott King honors. He has also received two Caldecott Honors, for Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, and has twice received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work.