Throughout the day and into the night, a boy and his family observe the constantly changing sky.

"How do you picture the sky?" -- cover.

At the end of a long day, Mother Sky helps her playful daughter, Little Night, to get ready for bed.

"Joe is starstruck, determined to find his way up, up, up to the magical lights in the night sky. "In your dreams!" his pals say. But when Joe and his dad put their heads and hearts together, there's no stopping them. Together they climb ladders, construct towers, and launch rockets in a tireless quest to reach the unreachable. Airy and playful, Gill Smith's dynamic illustrations perfectly complement David Almond's ebullient tale of sky-high courage--and...