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A Gift of Dust

How Saharan Plumes Feed the Planet

How Saharan Plumes Feed the Planet

How Saharan Plumes Feed the Planet

By Martha Brockenbrough
Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal

By Martha Brockenbrough
Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal

By Martha Brockenbrough
Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal

By Martha Brockenbrough
Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal

By Martha Brockenbrough
Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal

By Martha Brockenbrough
Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal

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    About A Gift of Dust

    From two award-winning creators comes a picture book that reveals the hidden wonders of how Saharan Dust impacts the world: from slowing a hurricane to nourishing a rainforest.

    This dust . . .
    of what lived once
    sustains what lives today
    and what will be born . . .
    tomorrow.

    An ancient catfish becomes a fossil, and as the lake where it lived dries up, the fossil turns to dust–but this isn’t ordinary dust. This dust begins in Chad, West Africa, but winds carry it across the continent, over the Atlantic ocean, to nourish and replenish the Amazon rain forest and beyond. 

    A Gift of Dust takes readers on a journey that shows just how interconnected our planet is, and how something so small can have such a huge impact. With lyrical, awe-inspiring verse based in fact, and stunning art from a Caldecott honoree, this is a story for our times.

    About A Gift of Dust

    From two award-winning creators comes a picture book that reveals the hidden wonders of how Saharan Dust impacts the world: from slowing a hurricane to nourishing a rainforest.

    This dust . . .
    of what lived once
    sustains what lives today
    and what will be born . . .
    tomorrow.

    An ancient catfish becomes a fossil, and as the lake where it lived dries up, the fossil turns to dust–but this isn’t ordinary dust. This dust begins in Chad, West Africa, but winds carry it across the continent, over the Atlantic ocean, to nourish and replenish the Amazon rain forest and beyond. 

    A Gift of Dust takes readers on a journey that shows just how interconnected our planet is, and how something so small can have such a huge impact. With lyrical, awe-inspiring verse based in fact, and stunning art from a Caldecott honoree, this is a story for our times.

    About A Gift of Dust

    From two award-winning creators comes a picture book that reveals the hidden wonders of how Saharan Dust impacts the world: from slowing a hurricane to nourishing a rainforest.

    This dust . . .
    of what lived once
    sustains what lives today
    and what will be born . . .
    tomorrow.

    An ancient catfish becomes a fossil, and as the lake where it lived dries up, the fossil turns to dust–but this isn’t ordinary dust. This dust begins in Chad, West Africa, but winds carry it across the continent, over the Atlantic ocean, to nourish and replenish the Amazon rain forest and beyond. 

    A Gift of Dust takes readers on a journey that shows just how interconnected our planet is, and how something so small can have such a huge impact. With lyrical, awe-inspiring verse based in fact, and stunning art from a Caldecott honoree, this is a story for our times.

    About Martha Brockenbrough

    Martha Brockenbrough is the author of more than twenty books for young readers, from picture books up through YA. Some of her picture books include I Am an American: the Wong Kim Ark Story (ALA Noteable Book for Children), This… More about Martha Brockenbrough

    About Juana Martinez-Neal

    Juana Martinez-Neal is the Peruvian-born daughter and granddaughter of painters. Her debut as an author-illustrator, Alma and How She Got Her Name, was awarded a Caldecott Honor, and her follow-up, Zonia’s Rain Forest, was named an American Library Association Top… More about Juana Martinez-Neal

    About Martha Brockenbrough

    Martha Brockenbrough is the author of more than twenty books for young readers, from picture books up through YA. Some of her picture books include I Am an American: the Wong Kim Ark Story (ALA Noteable Book for Children), This… More about Martha Brockenbrough

    About Juana Martinez-Neal

    Juana Martinez-Neal is the Peruvian-born daughter and granddaughter of painters. Her debut as an author-illustrator, Alma and How She Got Her Name, was awarded a Caldecott Honor, and her follow-up, Zonia’s Rain Forest, was named an American Library Association Top… More about Juana Martinez-Neal

    About Martha Brockenbrough

    Martha Brockenbrough is the author of more than twenty books for young readers, from picture books up through YA. Some of her picture books include I Am an American: the Wong Kim Ark Story (ALA Noteable Book for Children), This… More about Martha Brockenbrough

    About Juana Martinez-Neal

    Juana Martinez-Neal is the Peruvian-born daughter and granddaughter of painters. Her debut as an author-illustrator, Alma and How She Got Her Name, was awarded a Caldecott Honor, and her follow-up, Zonia’s Rain Forest, was named an American Library Association Top… More about Juana Martinez-Neal

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $19.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    May 27, 2025 | 40 Pages | 9 x 11 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593428429

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $22.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    May 27, 2025 | 40 Pages | 9 x 11 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593428436

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    May 27, 2025 | 40 Pages | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780593428443

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