It is winter and snow is falling soft as petals. Woken by their mother, two young sea mice gaze at a sky sparkling with falling stars. These stars are pieces of magic, their uncle tells them, gifts to the sea mice to keep them safe through the harsh winter. And tonight, the mouse family must set out into the dark and the storms to collect the stars.

 

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 2006 by Little Tiger Press Group .

Kenneth Steven lives in Dunkeld in Perthshire. He is a highly successful broadcaster, featuring regularly on national radio. His BBC Radio 4 documentary on the island of St Kilda won him a prestigious Sony Award. Claire Freedman lives by the coast in Essex. She is the author of a number of books with Little Tiger Press, including Dilly Duckling and Oops-A-Daisy! Louise Ho graduated from the University of Central Lancashire in 2003 with a BA Hons in Illustration. One Magical Morning is her first children's book. She lives in north-west England.