The Day the Universe
Exploded My Head

Poems to Take You into Space
and Back Again

written by Allan Wolf
published by Candlewick Press

Available at:
Bookshop.org
Amazon

AWARDS
- A New York Public Library
Best Book of 2019
- A Kirkus Best Book of 2019
- A NCTE 2020 Notable Poetry Book
- American Illustration 38
- Beehive Book Award 2022,
Children’s Literature Association
of Utah
- Prairie Bloom Award 2021-2022, South Dakota Librarian Association
- Young Hoosiers Award 2021-2022, Indiana Library Federation
- North Carolina Children’s Book Award 2021, North Carolina Library Association

★ “A giddy ride through our stellar neighborhood and beyond.”
— Kirkus (starred review)

★ “Visually compelling, this will capture and hold the attention of young stargazers.”
— Booklist (starred review)

“These out-of-this-world poems are sure to engage and delight young readers.”
— School Library Journal

“Anna Raff’s pictures keep the energy high in this rowdy interstellar adventure for readers ages 7-13.”
— The Wall Street Journal