The varied textures captured, from delicate dandelion heads to the glow of fireflies and the glossy reflective surface of the marble itself, give readers an entrée into the insects’ miniature world, and the sense that they are privy to its secrets and movements as the insects learn how to make wonder available to all.

Eric Fan is an artist and writer who lives in Toronto, Canada. Born in Illinois, he now lives in Toronto. Terry is the cocreator of The Night Gardener, It Fell from the Sky, and Lizzy and the Cloud.

28, 2021 When a strange orb falls into their habitat, the Spider commandeers it, constructing WonderVille and selling tickets to long lines of curious insects. It immediately sparked authentic thinking and talking about reading as students discussed the text and the illustrations. He spends his days (and nights) creating magical paintings, portraits, and prints. IT FELL FROM THE SKY by Terry Fan & Eric Fan illustrated by Terry Fan & Eric Fan RELEASE DATE: Sept. Their latest collaboration, It Fell From the Sky, was one of my first read alouds of the 2021-2022 school year. Largely black-and-white spreads by the Fan Brothers ( The Antlered Ship), rendered digitally and in graphite, offer mesmerizing crispness and definition. Books by the Fan brothers have long entertained elementary classrooms, inspiring wonder and curiosity. A large, bold spider with four eyes and a bow tie appropriates the marble as the centerpiece of an outdoor amusement venue, charging admission and jacking up the price to earn piles of leaf currency-until customers stop coming. Sam Allardyce will earn in excess of £3m if he is able to guide Leeds United away from the Premier League relegation zone, with confirmation of his short-term deal likely to come on Wednesday. “It is not of earthly origins,” says wise Grasshopper. This wonderfully illustrated fable about the consequences of greed opens as a group of insects spy a mysterious object lying in the grass, which “fell from the sky on a Thursday.” Readers see that it’s a sumptuously hued glass marble, but the insects, several of which sport dapper hats, are baffled.

It Fell from the Sky by Terry Fan