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Polvo solar (Sundust Spanish Edition)

Author Zeke Peña
Illustrated by Zeke Peña
Translated by Rubí Orozco Santos
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Penguin Young Readers | Kokila
On sale Aug 05, 2025 | 48 Pages | 9798217003983
Preschool - 3
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En su impresionante debut como autor-ilustrador, Zeke Peña ofrece un vistazo inmersivo y fantástico de su ciudad natal, El Paso, donde el sol reina sobre el desierto vasto y le da forma a todo lo que toca.

Donde termina la barda de piedra, empieza el más allá del desierto.

El desierto alberga flora y fauna única que se ha adaptado a vivir bajo el sol intenso, haciéndole un paisaje sin fin para el libre andar de dos hermanes curioses. Llantas viejas descartadas, nopaleras antiguas que piden ser escaladas, rocas enormes que enseñan cómo aquietarse y escuchar. La lluvia trae un bienvenido alivio del calor, seguido por el lodo que lentamente se seca en la piel, cuarteándose como barro, llegando al punto donde es difícil saber dónde terminan los niños y dónde empieza el desierto.

Polvo solar es el debut como autor-ilustrador del aclamado dibujante de Mi papi tiene una moto; celebra los lazos que se desarrollan entre una persona y su ciudad natal a través de texto preciso y lírico, y paisajes deslumbrantes del desierto.

Edición en español.


In his striking author-illustrator debut, Zeke Peña 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.
Zeke Peña es un garabatista profesional y un aspirante viajero del tiempo. Nació en el desierto chihuahuense y creció en un lugar llamado la Ciudad del Sol. Un día, buscando polvo solar en los montes detrás de su casa, pisó dentro de una llanta vieja y escuchó un ssssssonido que envolvió su pierna. ¿Polvo solar? ¿Una abeja gigante? ¡¿Una víbora de cascabel?! En ese momento, algo sacudió el interior de su cuerpo, y él corrió a la velocidad de la luz. Después de ese día, percibió el atardecer más brillante, casi eléctrico, y es ahí donde encontró los colores para este libro. ¿Has encontrado polvo solar escondido donde tú vives?

Para ver más del arte de Zeke, echa un vistazo a Mi papi tiene una moto y Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel.


Zeke Peña 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.
Zeke Peña View titles by Zeke Peña

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En su impresionante debut como autor-ilustrador, Zeke Peña ofrece un vistazo inmersivo y fantástico de su ciudad natal, El Paso, donde el sol reina sobre el desierto vasto y le da forma a todo lo que toca.

Donde termina la barda de piedra, empieza el más allá del desierto.

El desierto alberga flora y fauna única que se ha adaptado a vivir bajo el sol intenso, haciéndole un paisaje sin fin para el libre andar de dos hermanes curioses. Llantas viejas descartadas, nopaleras antiguas que piden ser escaladas, rocas enormes que enseñan cómo aquietarse y escuchar. La lluvia trae un bienvenido alivio del calor, seguido por el lodo que lentamente se seca en la piel, cuarteándose como barro, llegando al punto donde es difícil saber dónde terminan los niños y dónde empieza el desierto.

Polvo solar es el debut como autor-ilustrador del aclamado dibujante de Mi papi tiene una moto; celebra los lazos que se desarrollan entre una persona y su ciudad natal a través de texto preciso y lírico, y paisajes deslumbrantes del desierto.

Edición en español.


In his striking author-illustrator debut, Zeke Peña 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.

Author

Zeke Peña es un garabatista profesional y un aspirante viajero del tiempo. Nació en el desierto chihuahuense y creció en un lugar llamado la Ciudad del Sol. Un día, buscando polvo solar en los montes detrás de su casa, pisó dentro de una llanta vieja y escuchó un ssssssonido que envolvió su pierna. ¿Polvo solar? ¿Una abeja gigante? ¡¿Una víbora de cascabel?! En ese momento, algo sacudió el interior de su cuerpo, y él corrió a la velocidad de la luz. Después de ese día, percibió el atardecer más brillante, casi eléctrico, y es ahí donde encontró los colores para este libro. ¿Has encontrado polvo solar escondido donde tú vives?

Para ver más del arte de Zeke, echa un vistazo a Mi papi tiene una moto y Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel.


Zeke Peña 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.
Zeke Peña View titles by Zeke Peña

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