In the closing scene, Radunsky pictures a boy, girl and dog! wearing rather Einsteinian plaid suits, staring at a field of question marks with a familiar gleam in their eyes. On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne A follow-up to Manfish, this picture book biography of Albert Einstein chronicles his development from a boy riding his bicycle through sunbeams to the man who created the Theory of Relativity and whose name would become synonymous with genius. Einstein's lifelong curiosity sings through every page, and Berne emphasizes that readers are heir to that same spirit of discovery. When Berne explains how Einstein helped prove the existence of atoms, Radunsky uses dots to underscore the idea in the accompanying image ("Even this book is made of atoms!" the scientist gleefully explains, breaking the fourth wall). Radunsky's loose, hulking ink caricatures capture the gleam in Einstein's eye at every age. And dreamed up ideas never dreamt before." The book moves briskly through Einstein's quiet, inquisitive childhood (a magnetic compass helped trigger his interest in the "mysteries in the world hidden and silent, unknown and unseen") to his accomplishments as an adult. Berne (Manfish) and Radunsky (Hip Hop Dog) create an inspired tribute to Einstein, a man who "asked questions never asked before.
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