My Pet Star

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This book is all about loving something without needing to ‘own or have’ it. It’s cute and quirky and the tone and rhyme are great. Highly highly recommend. Find out about the history of books. When were they first made? How has the production process changed? Met humor, liefde en vertedering wordt in dit boekje het verhaal verteld van een klein meisje dat een gevallen ster mee naar huis neemt, ze opkalefatert en ze daarna ook weer laat gaan. Zoals de achterflap het treffend zegt: “Een aandoenlijk verhaal over vriendschap en loslaten.” Although it certainly wasn’t known at the time of its selection – My Pet Star's themes of illness, kindness, nurture and getting well (or letting go) are incredibly relevant to what we’re all experiencing. I hope it helps you to talk about these things in a positive context.

If you have any leftover tissue paper or ribbon lying around the house, you can turn your crafts into shooting stars by gluing thin trails to the bottom of your creations.

When children read to animals, they gain confidence and a cuddly companion while the animals get some much-needed attention." Rosalind Beardshaw has always enjoyed drawing and her favourite subject at school was art. She worked on many books including her own book Grandma’s Beach and others she has illustrated for including the Lulu series which my girls and I think is great. I have previously reviewed Lulus Pet Cat. Beautiful story, lovely rhyming, which doesn’t feel forced like some books, and really lovely pictures. As well as the story representing how well you should look after any pet, there are teaching points about the star too including how it enjoys sleeping all day as it’s time to shine is the night sky.

This activity would be a lovely way of completing some bookish play after reading My Pet Star and my girls looks forward to making more stars. Have you missed some of our exciting BookTrust HomeTime treats? Don't worry - we're storing all of them in the HomeTime Cupboard for you! Open it up to enjoy storytimes, how-to-draws, activities and many more treats. UKLA is a registered charity, which has as its sole object the advancement of education in literacy.Here's how you can make your very own suncatcher to help brighten up your windows and make stars that will sparkle in the daylight... If you feel like you need warming up for storytelling duties, picture books offer the simplest way: just study the illustrations together... ‘What’s this?’ ‘I wonder where she’s going?’ ‘Look at that house, what colour is the roof?’ Rosalind has very kindly put steps together so that you and your little poppets can have a paper pet star of your very own. In winter 2020/2021 BookTrust Cymru sent out thousands of copies of the wonderful Fy Seren Anwes/My Pet Star by Corrinne Averiss and Rosalind Beardshaw (Welsh adaptation by Anni Llŷn) to libraries and other partners who gifted them to families in Wales. When a young girl finds a star under a tree, she knows it does not belong there. So she takes him home to look after, her own pet star. As the star regains its health and sparkle, it will soon be ready to return to the sky and the girl will eventually have to let go…