The Horn Book Guide

LITERATURE

Hopkins, Lee Bennett, Selector

Sky Magic

32 pp. | Dutton | March, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-525-47862-1 $17.99

(1) K-3 Illustrated by Mariusz Stawarski. The fourteen selections in this mesmerizing picture-book poetry compilation cover the whole sky, from sunrise to nighttime stars. Each poem conveys a sense of wonder and awe. Surreal touches in Stawarski's illustrations (e.g., a crescent moon masquerading as a swing, used as a boat, etc.), set against intense shades of daylight gold and nighttime blue, give the book a hypnotic, otherworldly feel.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2009