We Are All Made From Stars: A Picture Book About Life, Change, and Renewal

We Are All Made From Stars invites children into the wonder of life’s cycle, where atoms and energy never disappear but transform into something new.

With poetic words by Benedikt Lehnert and sweeping illustrations by Marc Majewski, the book explains how life and death are connected without leaning on religion, offering instead a universal story of belonging, change, and renewal.

Both scientific and spiritual in tone, it gently shows that endings are also beginnings, and that we are, quite literally, made from the same stardust that fills the universe.

Benedikt Lehnert is an author and award-winning designer. He teaches at Princeton University and writes to inspire creativity, courage, and hope in the next generation. Originally from Germany, he now lives and works between Princeton, Montreal and Ireland.

Marc Majewski is an award-winning illustrator and picture book maker whose sweeping, colorful works explore nature and wonder. His books, including Butterfly Child, have been translated into more than ten languages. Today, he lives and works in Berlin (Germany).