A tiny star falls to the earth and becomes a baby. The community immediately loves and cares for the baby and “they treated it gently and wrapped it warmly in a quilt all covered with stars.” As the years pass, the baby grows and grows, and the love, care, and attention it receives (and gives) never wanes. When the star person begins to shrink, the community again gently wrap it in a star-covered quilt. Then the unimaginable happens: the star person disappears completely. Young and old feel the loss deeply. But a child discovers the star had “merely returned to its home in the heavens” where it could watch over and love them forever more.

 

 

This book is aimed at children in preschool-3rd grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published in 2021 by Random House USA Inc .

Roddy Doyle lives in Ireland with his wife, Belinda and their two children. Scotland native Freya Blackwood grew up and currently lives in Orange, NSW, about three and a half hours west of Sydney (Australia). Creativity is in her blood. Her mother, Kay, is a painter and jeweler, and her father, John, is an architect. As her grandfather was also a painter, there was ample influence and encouragement in artistic pursuits as she grew up. Mem Fox is the author of many acclaimed books, including Time for Bed and Where Is the Green Sheep?. She lives in Adelaide, Australia.