The Tiny Star


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.

Development

According to Fox, it took her five years to write.

Publication history

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", and recommended it as a best book of the year. Publishers Weekly called it a "meditation".
The Tiny Star has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews, Books+Publishing, and StoryLinks.

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