THE THREE GOLDEN KEYS by Peter Sis, STARRY MESSENGER by Peter Sis, THE TREE OF LIFE by Peter Sis

When I learned that an illustration I really liked was drawn by Peter Sis, I decided to check-out some of his illustrated children’s books.



The illustration that caught my attention was this

 

based on a famous painting by Giuseppe Archimboldo.

 

Well, I’m glad I did because I now know that THE THREE GOLDEN KEYS (w/the illustration) was written so that Sis could share with his young daughter his childhood memories of Prague through beautifully detailed drawings of the city at night as he imagines a journey along the streets of his youth.  It just so happens that one of my sisters and her family lived in Prague for several years so I will be glad to share this author/artist with her.

STARRY MESSENGER depicts the life of the famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and physicist, Galileo Galilei.  This book was a Caldecott Honoree.  THE TREE OF LIFE depicts the live of Charles Darwin, naturalist, geologist and thinker.

Meant to be children’s books, there is minimal text but lots and lots and lots of exquisitely rendered detail to pour-over.

Doubleday, 1994 53 p.

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996 29 p.





Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003 34 p.