Blast Off Auto Sendak Featuring a heartwarming story by

Featuring a heartwarming story by Thrity Umrigar

Before Music is an oversize nonfiction picture book exploring how music and musical instruments are made--across time and around the world

A #1 New York Times and IndieBound bestseller

Autographed by illustrator Bryan Collier

A ‘carrier of joy’ whose mere presence causes everyone to laugh uncontrollably

Blast Off Auto Sendak Featuring a heartwarming story byAn inspiring story about a young Black girl who wants to be an astronaut, written years before Black astronauts were sent into space. This remarkable picture book has been out of print for decades, until now. First published in 1973, a year after the final Apollo mission, when American astronauts were exclusively white and male, Blast Off is the story of a young African American girl with a vision and a mission. Regina Williams wants to be an