Path of Stars Peter Brown Inspired by real-life events

Inspired by real-life events

and those we might adopt going forward

in poignant verse and glorious illustrations

”—Horn Book

this reflective picture book by poet Ntozake Shange looks back at the great Black thinkers and innovators who visited her father’s house

Path of Stars Peter Brown Inspired by real-life eventsA touching story of family, loss, and memory. Dara's grandmother, Lok Yeay, is full of stories about her life growing up in Cambodia, before she immigrated to the United States. Lok Yeay tells her granddaughter of the fruits and plants that grew there, and how her family would sit in their yard and watch the stars that glowed like fireflies. Lok Yeay tells Dara about her brother, Lok Ta, who is still in Cambodia, and how one day she will return with