The Tiny Star
Australian children's picture book by Mem Fox
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The Tiny Star is a 2019 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Freya Blackwood. It is about a star falling to Earth, turning into a baby, living a loving fulfilling life, dying, than returning to the heavens as a star.
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| Author | Mem Fox |
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| Illustrator | Freya Blackwood |
| Cover artist | Freya Blackwood |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's picture book |
| Published | 2019 (Puffin Books) |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 40 (unpaginated) |
| ISBN | 9780670078127 |
| OCLC | 906797819 |
Development
According to Fox, it took her five years to write.[1]
Publication history
- 2021, US, Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 9780593304013
- 2019, Australia, Puffin Books ISBN 9780670078127
Reception
A reviewer for the Reading Time wrote "The Tiny Star is a valuable, uplifting and poignant story for the young to make sense of, and find comfort in, heartbreaking loss",[2] and recommended it as a best book of the year.[3] Publishers Weekly called it a "meditation".[4]
The Tiny Star has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,[5] Books+Publishing,[6] and StoryLinks.[7]
Awards
- 2020 Booksellers' Choice Children's book of the year shortlist[8]
- 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards Children's Picture Book of the Year shortlist[9]
- 2020 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Three to Five Years shortlist[10]
- 2020 Australian Indie Book Awards Children's shortlist[11]
