Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems

Jack Prelutsky's collection presents sixteen original poems that bring a menagerie of fantastical, imagined animals to life in snappy couplets. The verses are paired with vivid cut-paper collage, shadow-box, and diorama illustrations that make each creature feel like a museum exhibit of pure imagination. As the poems unfold, they playfully blur the line between natural history and wild fantasy, inviting kids to explore a world where zoology is turned upside-down and every page offers a new, delightfully absurd surprise.