The Cosmobiography of Sun Ra

The Cosmobiography of Sun RaBy: Chris Raschka Illustrator: Chris Raschka Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka shares his love of jazz great Sun Ra, just in time to mark the centennial of the musicians birth. Jazz musician Sun Ra (19141993) always said that he came from Saturn. Being from another planet, he was naturally intrigued by everything earthly especially music, because music is the one thing on Earth most like the stars. Earthlings themselves confused Sun Ra, the way they

With a whimsical story and breathtaking artwork

“Officially proves the vivacious Jaffarian is the literary heir apparent to Lucille Ball

Kathryn Renta   The testimonies of six survivors of the Holocaust are presented in comics form

each one an A to Z of things to spot

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Lara Madigan has a gift

who smiles as he closes his eyes and counts some fluffy sheep trotting away in the grass

• make oppression backfire by playing your opponents’ strongest card against them

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from Norwegian fish farms to famine-stricken regions of Ethiopia

and changed the course of the war

This celebration of the joys of reading reminds us to keep our eyes open and be proud of our reading – so we’ll learn lots of stuff and end up succeeding