Author
Peter Sís
3 books here
Tibet: Through the Red Box
Picture book · ages 8–12 · 1999
A masterwork of visual storytelling that uses a magical-realist frame to ask real questions about family secrets, Cold War geography, and how we come to know the world — children and adults read it differently, and both are right.
Starry Messenger
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 1997
Peter Sís's most stunning achievement—lush, intricate illustrations and a lyrical text that makes Galileo's intellectual bravery visible to young readers without ever condescending to the subject.
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Picture book · ages 8–12 · 620L · 2007
A masterwork of visual autobiography that teaches Cold War history through lived experience, not textbook; Sís's intricate, layered illustrations reward rereading and conversation with an adult.