'There was a baby who had no mother, crying in the starlight. And as the stars burned, the baby's tears called to the watching world. Stars, bright stars, Can you love me? Will you be my mother?' Gillian Shields' poetic evocation of maternal love and Elizabeth Harbour's beautiful watercolours will melt hearts. This is an exquisite picture book for mothers and children to cherish.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2005 by Simon & Schuster .

Gillian Shields was born and brought up in Yorkshire. She read english and Cambridge and then trained as an actress before teaching acting and becoming director of a London drama school. She now lives in the country, and teaches drama and English, part-time, in a local school