I Touched the Sun

I Touched the Sun begins with an experience that children know too well: the articulation of a desire met with a NO, YOU CAN’T DO THAT! Referred to simply as Boy, our narrator dreams of flying up to touch the 🌞, and when his parents and brother dismiss him, he decides to go on his own. Leah Hayes’s pencil illustrations and use of color, mostly orange and red, make this story about the light within us all even more striking and profound