Polvo Solar

Sundust

Zeke Peña, Zeke Peña, Rubí Orozco Santos

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Kokila
03 September 2025

In his striking author-illustrator debut, Zeke Pena offers an immersive and fantastical look at his hometown of El Paso, where the sun reigns over the vast desert and shapes all that it touches.

En su impresionante debut como autor-ilustrador, Zeke Pena ofrece una aventura inmersiva y fantastica en el desierto, donde el sol reina sobre el vasto paisaje y le da forma a todo lo que toca.

Donde termina la barda de piedra, empieza el mas alla del desierto.

Siguiendo el rastro ardiente de polvo solar, dos hermanes curioses saltan la barda y entran a un lugar libre y sin fin. Aqui, las antiguas nopaleras picudas piden ser escaladas, las conchas vacias de tortugas invitan un examen mas detenido, las rocas enormes ensenan c mo aquietarse y escuchar y Colibri ofrece un avent n inesperado. En el desierto, donde la vida gira en torno al sol, hermano y hermana exploran, imaginan, y se preguntan

Que si el poder del sol estuviese dentro de mi?

, hasta que el silbido de su mama les llama de vuelta a casa.

Con un texto preciso y lirico, Zeke Pena (ilustrador de Mi papi tiene una moto), ganador de los honores Pura Belpre y Ezra Jack Keats, ha creado un cuento fantastico que suspende espacios temporales con su arte radiante y celebra los lazos entre el Sol, el desierto y su gente.

Edici n en espanol.

In his striking author-illustrator debut, the award-winning illustrator of My Papi Has a Motorcycle offers an immersive and fantastical look at his hometown of El Paso, where the sun reigns over the vast desert and shapes all that it touches.

Where the rock wall ends, the desert beyond begins.

The desert is home to unique fauna and flora that have adapted to thrive under the intense sun, making it a wild and endless playground for two bored siblings to explore. Old tires, gnarled nopal trees that beg to be climbed, enormous rocks that demonstrate how to sit still and listen. Rain brings a welcome reprieve from the heat, followed by the mud slowly drying out on their skin, cracking like clay, until it's hard to tell where the kids end and the desert begins.

Sundust is the author-illustrator debut from the acclaimed illustrator of My Papi Has a Motorcycle; it celebrates the bonds that develop between a boy and his hometown, through spare and lyrical text and dazzling desert landscapes.

This is a Spanish-langauge edition.

By: Zeke Peña
Illustrated by: Zeke Peña
Translated by: Rubí Orozco Santos
Imprint: Kokila
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 260mm, Width: 263mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 512g
ISBN: 9798217003976
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 03 September 2025
Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Zeke Pena es un garabatista profesional y un aspirante viajero del tiempo. Naci en el desierto chihuahuense y creci en un lugar llamado la Ciudad del Sol. Un dia, buscando polvo solar en los montes detras de su casa, pis dentro de una llanta vieja y escuch un ssssssonido que envolvi su pierna. Polvo solar? Una abeja gigante? Una vibora de cascabel?! En ese momento, algo sacudi el interior de su cuerpo, y el corri a la velocidad de la luz. Despues de ese dia, percibi el atardecer mas brillante, casi electrico, y es ahi donde encontr los colores para este libro. Has encontrado polvo solar escondido donde to vives? Para ver mas del arte de Zeke, echa un vistazo a Mi papi tiene una moto y Miles Morales Suspended- A Spider-Man Novel. Zeke Pena is a professional doodler and an aspiringtime traveler. He was born in the Chihuahuan desert and grew up in a placecalled Sun City. One day, he was looking for sundust in the hills behind his house when he stepped inside an old tire and heard a strange ssssssound wrap aroundhis leg. Sundust? A giant bee? Rattlesnake?! At that moment, something jolted inside his body, and he ran away at light speed. After that day, the sunset felt brighter, almost electric, and that's where he found the colors for this book. Do you ever find sundust hiding where you live? To see more of Zeke's artwork, checkout My Papi Has a Motorcycle and Miles Morales Suspended- A Spider-Man Novel.

Reviews for Polvo Solar (Sundust)

Praise for Polvo solar (Sundust Spanish Edition) by Zeke Peña: A School Library Journal Best Book of 2025 A Chicago Public Library los mejores libros en español de 2025 ★ “An ode to the magic of the desert and the wonders of exploration and imagination, this Spanish-language picture book is an excellent addition to children’s collections.” —School Library Journal, starred review