Stuff of Stars _existing As they navigate the burning

As they navigate the burning land with a group of fellow survivors

Woven seamlessly into this funny and surprising story are the themes of friendship

expressively captures a luminous moment of discovery in the natural world

and a flock of peacocks

Stuff of Stars _existing As they navigate the burningThe 2019 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner In an astonishing unfurling of our universe, Newbery Honor winner Marion Dane Bauer and Caldecott Honor winner Ekua Holmes celebrate the birth of every child. Before the universe was formed, before time and space existed, there was . . . nothing. But then . . . BANG! Stars caught fire and burned so long that they exploded, flinging stardust everywhere. And the ash of those stars turned into planets.