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Praise for Mystery Book Review

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Praise for Mystery Book Review

Common Sense Media Review

Praise for Mystery Book Review

With Susan Faust

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age 4+







The wonders of Earth and beyond in a delightful poem about space.

What Parents Need to Know

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What is the Story?

In PRAISE OF MYSTERY, bodies in the celestial skies and life on Earth come together in a poetic tribute that evokes wonder and awe. On its cover, a child supported by a floating book full of knowledge takes us on an exploration of a picture book about “the inky night sky expanding black,” “the planets we know,” and “the places where we pin quick wishes to the stars.” “Although we are “reading the sky” from Earth, we learn that there are mysteries down there, too, and so our focus turns to whale songs, the songs of songbirds, a tree swaying in the wind, and us, “creatures of perpetual awe, curious about beauty.” The poem concludes that we humans are not dealing with darkness, but with “sorrow and pleasure, sun and shadow,” combined with life-giving water, love, and “the need to call out to the darkness.” There is an author’s note at the end.

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The 2023 United States Poet Laureate has penned a hauntingly evocative poem about our place in space, presented here in her first illustrated book. While a scientific study of space necessarily focuses on facts, a human dimension related to space is also explored. Praise for Mystery. What is important for Ada Limón is our curiosity about the unknown, our sense of wonder and amazement. The imaginative art evokes Van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” the tree of life, the book of knowledge and the man in the moon in the flowing blues of the sky and water. Words and images come together to understand the depths of our limitless need to ask and answer questions and our innate longing to understand the universe and ourselves.

Talk to Your Children About This…

  • Families can talk Praise for Mystery and consider the wonders of the universe. What do you see when you look at the night sky? What questions do you have?

  • What makes you curious? How do you feel when you make a new discovery? Did it take courage to make a new discovery? Was it difficult to ask questions and find answers?

  • In this book, a poet uses words to convey feelings of awe and wonder. Do you experience similar sensations when you look at the night sky or at any other time? How do you convey these emotions?

  • The illustrator enriched the real world with his imagination, for example by putting a face on the moon. What do you think of his vision? Do you like to mix reality and imagination in your art yourself?

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