Stars (Classic Board Books) - Hardcover

Ray, Mary Lyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 153440662X ISBN 13: 9781534406629

Publisher: Little Simon, 2017

Synopsis

Celebrate all of the glittering stars in the sky in this tender Classic Board Book by acclaimed author Mary Lyn Ray and Caldecott Honor winner Marla Frazee!

A star is how you know it’s almost night.
As soon as you see one, there’s another, and another.
And the dark that comes doesn’t feel so dark.
What if you could have a star?

Look very closely in this lovely Classic Board Book for all kinds of stars both near and far...because stars are everywhere. Not just in the sky.

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Review

Illustrations and Outtakes from Stars
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I spend a lot of my time sketching and erasing. Eraser crumbs get all over the floor of my studio.

When I do the finish, I use a very tiny brush and apply many, many layers of watercolor. Sometimes, after all that, I don't like how it turns out.

Then I start all over again and do it in a different, and hopefully better, way. It can be frustrating.

Like when my son saw this painting, he asked, "Why are those kids reading in the dark?"

So I did this one over too. And it only took three weeks! Sheesh.

This one took even longer to paint, what with all those snowflakes, each one different.

I splattered over the top of it with white paint on a toothbrush. (Not the one I brush my teeth with.)

And finally, these fireworks were done not with an eraser, tiny brush, or toothbrush, but with... gel pens!

About the Author

Mary Lyn Ray is a conservationist and author of several picture books for children. Ray’s texts are often praised for their lyricism and emotional depth, and in her works she frequently focuses on humankind’s relationship with nature. Among her critically acclaimed titles are Stars, Christmas Farm, Pumpkins, Shaker Boy, and Welcome, Brown Bird.

Marla Frazee was awarded a Caldecott Honor for All the World and A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, and the Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Picture Book for her wordless book The Farmer and the Clown. She is the author-illustrator of many books, including The Boss Baby, the book that inspired the DreamWorks Animation film Boss Baby. She has illustrated many acclaimed picture books, including God Got a Dog by Cynthia Rylant; Stars by Mary Lyn Ray; and Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers. She is also the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Clementine chapter book series by Sara Pennypacker. The mother of three grown sons, she lives in Pasadena, California. Visit her at MarlaFrazee.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Simon
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 153440662X
• ISBN 13: 9781534406629
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 36
• Illustrator: Frazee Marla