You are a Star

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title You are a Star
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Michael Parker
Illustrated by Judith Rossell
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:32
Dimensions(mm): Height 245,Width 245
ISBN/Barcode 9780733335600
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher ABC Books
Imprint ABC Books
Publication Date 6 September 2018
Publication Country Australia

Description

Take a trip out of this world, into the sky, past the moon and through the universe to find out how we are all made of stars. This is science, but not as you know it...Mesmerising. Take a trip out of this world, into the sky, past the moon, through the universe ...and discover how we are all made of stars. Ages 4+ REVIEWS 'this is a beautiful, reassuring story with calming words and comforting illustrations - perfect for a child's bedtime.' KIDS' BOOK REVIEW 'the idea that we are all made of stars ...is a fantastic thought and a brilliant idea to carry through our lives. But more, the book is a call to exploration and discovery: 'Come and see'. And it conveys the message that life is wonderful and miraculous. A fantastic message to give to children starting on their journey through life' SYDNEY OBSERVATORY

Author Biography

Michael Parker is the Deputy Headmaster and Head of the Senior School at Cranbrook School in Sydney. He received Arts and Law degrees from Sydney University and worked briefly in a corporate law firm before turning his attention to Education. He has a Masters Degree in teaching Philosophy to children and has written six textbooks in the areas of Legal Studies, Philosophy in Schools, and English. Judith Rossell is the multi-award-winning author-illustrator of the bestselling Stella Montgomery series (Withering-by-Sea, Wormwood Mire, Wakestone Hall and A Garden of Lilies: Improving Tales for Young Minds). Before beginning her career in children's books, Judith worked as a government scientist (not a mad scientist, a normal kind of scientist) and also for a cotton-spinning company (that made threads for T-shirts and denim jeans and mops and teabag strings). Judith has written thirteen books and illustrated more than eighty. Her work has been published in the US and UK, and translated into more than twenty languages. Judith lives in Melbourne, Australia with a cat the size of a walrus. www.judithrossell.com