About the Author

Peter Sis was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, and studied painting and filmmaking at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and at the Royal College of Art in London. His many books include two Caldecott Honor winners: "Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei "and" Tibet Through the Red Box." He lives in New York City with his wife and two children.

Reviews

"'In the universe, on a planet, one a continent, in a country, in a city, on a block, in a house, in a window, in the rain, a little girl named Madlenka finds out her tooth wiggles. She has to tell everyone' . . . visually stunning spreads rendered in Sis' signatures drawings of detailed fantasy." -Boxed, "Booklist"