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In Honor of the Mystery Book Review

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In Honor of the Mystery Book Review

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In Honor of the Mystery Book Review

By means of Susan Faust

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based on research into child development. How do we assess?


age 4+







Wonders on earth and beyond in a beautiful space-bound poem.

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What’s the story?

Bodies in heaven and life on earth are merged in a poetic tribute to wonder and awe in IN PRAISE OF MYSTERY. A child on the cover, held up by a floating book of knowledge, sets us on a picture book exploration of “the night sky, inky with black expanses,” “the planets we know,” and where we “pin quick wishes on stars.” .” Although we “read the sky” from Earth, we learn that there are mysteries below too, and so the focus shifts to the whale’s song, the singing of a songbird, a wind-shaken tree, and us, ‘creatures of perpetual awe, curious about beauty.” The poem concludes that we humans are dealing with “sorrow and pleasure, sun and shade,” united not by darkness, but by life-giving water, love, and “the need to call out through the darkness.” There is an author’s note at the end.

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The 2023 Poet Laureate of the United States has written a hauntingly evocative poem about our place in space, presented here in her debut picture book. While a scientific study of space necessarily focuses on facts, it also explores a human dimension In honor of the mystery. What is important to Ada Limón is our curiosity about the unknown, our sense of wonder and awe. In flowing blue tones of sky and water, the imaginative art is reminiscent of Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’, a tree of life, a book full of knowledge and the man in the moon. Together, words and images come together to plumb the depths of our boundless need to ask and answer questions, and our innate desire to understand the universe and ourselves.

Talk to your children about…

  • Families can talk about it In honor of the mystery and contemplate the wonders of the universe. When you look at the night sky, what do you see? 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 have similar feelings when you look at the night sky or at any other time? How do you communicate those feelings?

  • The illustrator has 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?

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