After catching a star that falls from the sky, James brings the star inside and places it on a shelf with the rest of his most cherished possessions--that is, until the star begins to fade.
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From Publishers Weekly
Coady ( Little Red Riding Hood ) was an inspired choice as illustrator for this tale of a boy who finds a fallen star and brings it home. The soft, blurred edges of his artwork, his subtle brushwork and expert use of light and shadow infuse the story with a dream-like quality that gives it resonance and depth. In captivity, the star at first seems happy, zipping around James's room and showing off, playing hide and seek (here the pages glow with warm hues of yellow and orange), but by the third evening she has lost her sparkle, and grown dim and brittle (the pages echo the transformation, moving to cooler shades of blue and green). In the end, James sets her free, flinging her "as far as he could into the blackness." The star rewards him by twinkling especially radiantly that night just for him. With Coady's visionary style, McKenna's gracefully cadenced prose creates a satisfying story filled with an unabashed sense of wonder. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1-- A star falls into a yard, a young boy finds it and wants to keep it, it starts to fade, so he flings it back to the sky, where it shines just for him. Some of the oil paintings are superb. They're textured and softly out of focus, with wonderful use of light. The text isn't bad, it's just a straightforward narration of the events told by the pictures. Certainly a nice book, and a good bedtime story, but one that had the potential to be so much more. --Christine A. Moesch, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, NY
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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