Cave Paintings (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781773061726)

A young space traveler discovers art painted millennia before by a human being--just like him.

Our hero travels all alone on a spaceship, through the universe, past galaxies, comets and planets to go visit his grandmother on Earth for the summer holidays. She takes him to visit an ancient cave, where he discovers handprints and drawings of unknown animals made by human beings, just like him. To top off his wonderful holiday she gives him mysterious objects which once belonged to his grandfather -- paper and crayons. On the way home he draws what he saw on his travels -- to the amazement of his fellow passengers.

Jairo Buitrago's thought-provoking story reminds us of what remains as everything changes. Rafael Yockteng's fabulous art, a tribute to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, presents us a wonderful, diverse future in which space travel is common, though knowledge of the past is still a secret treasure to be discovered.

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

Author: Jairo Buitrago
ISBN-10: 1773061720
ISBN-13: 9781773061726
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Language: English
Published: 10/27/2020
Pages: 52
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 10.00h x 9.90w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 10/16/2020 pg. 1
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2020
Publishers Weekly 11/02/2020
Foreword 10/26/2020
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2021 pg. 68
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2021 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style