Child, you are awake!
You are alive!
You are a bright star,
Inside our hearts.
Told with a combination of powerful, spare language and sumptuous and complex imagery that is typical of Yuyi Morales’s work, this is the story of a fawn making her way through a border landscape teaming with flora and fauna native to the region. A gentle but empowering voice encourages her to face her fears when she comes across an obstacle in the form of an insurmountable barrier.
Yuyi Morales’ first book since her New York Times bestseller Dreamers is a book for very young children looking for their place in a world full of uncertainty. It is a book with resonance for all children, especially those whose safety is threatened due to the immigration crisis in the US.
Bright Star is also available in a Spanish language edition, Lucero.
¿Who is?
Yuyi Morales
Yuyi Morales was born in Xalapa, Mexico on November 7, 1968. The first years of Yuyi’s life were marked by both scarcity and creativity. Yuyi and her two sisters did not have the same clothes or receive the same presents as their schoolmates. Instead, their mother sewed Yuyi and her sisters’ clothes, bedsheets, curtains, and lampshades. When the family couldn’t afford the gifts the girls wanted for their birthdays, Yuyi’s mother would make everything from the cakes to the invitations to their dresses to their shoes. In a sense, her mother’s resourcefulness was Yuyi’s first introduction to art.
Other Books
Dreamers
We are resilience. We are hope. We are dreamers.
Viva Frida
A 2015 Caldecott Honor Book
A 2015 Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award
Niño Wrestles the World
Señoras y señores, put your hands together for the fantastic, spectacular, one of a kind . . .Niño!
My Blog
Projects
Artwork for Scholastic’s Art of Read Every Day campaign
Yuyi contributed this illustration for Scholastic's Art of Read Every Day campaign in 2013.
PBS video: My Story
In 2012, Yuyi filmed a testimonial for PBS about the importance of public programming and talked about the impact shows like Sesame Street had on her when she immigrated to the U.S.
Cover art for Margarita Engle’s “The Wild Book”
Yuyi illustrated the covert art for "The Wild Book," a children's book by Cuban-American poet and writer, Margarita Engle.
Why I love picture books
In 2010, The New York Times published an article titled, "Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children." Little, Brown and Company created an initiative for authors to talk about why they love picture books. Yuyi created this video as part of Little, Brown and...
“See Me Shine” Yuyi’s contribution of original artwork to Robert’s Snow, an online auction for cancer research
In 2007, Yuyi was one of several artists asked to create a snowflake that would be put up for auction to raise funds for Robert's Snow, an online auction created by author/illustrator, Grace Lin, and her late husband, Robert Snow, to raise funds for the Dana-Farber...
Día de los libros artwork for poster
In 2004, Yuyi contributed a painting for the poster design of El Dia de los Niños, El Dia de los Libros celebration in San Francisco.
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