I Am Light

What does every living thing on the planet depend on? Weighing nothing and zooming as fast as 186,000 miles per second? Light, of course! Told in lyrical, riddling first-person narrative, Light boasts of its essential role in life as we know it—from fueling the wheel of life to humans' celebration of it as the year turns. Back matter about the science of light and major historical discoveries enhances the book for STEM learning.

Written by Henry Herz
Illustrated by Mercè López

$18.99 hardcover
ISBN 9780884489634
8.5 x 11" • 40 pages
Illustrated in color throughout
Ages 6-10
PICTURE BOOK

Henry Herz authored ten picture books. His children's short stories have been published in Highlights for Children, Ladybug Magazine, and in anthologies for Albert Whitman & Co. and Blackstone Publishing. Henry also writes adult science fiction and fantasy short stories. He holds a BS in Engineering from Cornell, an MS in Engineering from George Washington University, and an MA in Political Science from Georgetown.

Mercè López (Barcelona, Spain) graduated from Llotja Art School in Barcelona and has illustrated for design, theater, and film as well as twenty children’s books for Spanish and international book publishers. Her 2019 title Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons by Laura Purdie Salas received multiple starred reviews and was named a Center for Children’s Books Gryphon Honor Book, an NCTE Notable Poetry Book, a Kirkus Best Picture Book, and a Parents Magazine Best Kids’ Book, among other accolades.

"As with their I Am Smoke and I Am Gravity, in I Am Light, Henry Herz and Mercè López once more take a difficult-to-describe/difficult-to-illustrate scientific concept, give it a voice, and somehow make it personable. You’ll gain a wider appreciation for light than you ever had before—and you’ll almost hear light reply, “Good.” ― Ame Dyckman, New York Times bestselling author