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In Praise of Mystery
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U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón, was invited by NASA to write a poem to be engraved on the Europa Clipper spacecraft. That poem, In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa, launched to Jupiter and its moons on October 14, 2024. Reimagined as In Praise of...
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From US Poet Laureate Ada Limón and Caldecott Honoree Peter Sís: a transcendent picture book featuring the poem that will travel into space aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper
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Description
U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón, was invited by NASA to write a poem to be engraved on the Europa Clipper spacecraft. That poem, In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa, launched to Jupiter and its moons on October 14, 2024. Reimagined as In Praise of Mystery, Limón's debut picture book, this luminous poem is illustrated by celebrated and internationally renowned artist Peter Sís.
In Praise of Mystery celebrates humankind's endless curiosity, asks us what it means to explore beyond our known world, and shows how the unknown can reflect us back to ourselves.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781324054009
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 October 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Illustration: color artwork throughout
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Peter Sís
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 236.0mm
Height: 239.0mm
Weight: 330g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Ada Limón is the 24th U.S. poet laureate. She has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and been a finalist for the National Book Award. She has recently received both a Guggenheim and a MacArthur Fellowship. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky. Peter Sís has received the Robert F. Sibert Medal, three Caldecott Honors, and a Sydney Taylor Honor. He was the first children’s book creator to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, and won the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Award. He lives in Hudson Valley, New York.
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