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Penny is a lonely little girl who gazes out of her window at night and pretends that the stars are her friends. Then, one night, a shooting star lands in her garden.
Together, they chase the quietness away, and fill the night with giggle and bounce. They even share a secret or two.Before too long, Little Star has to return to the sky - with PennyâÂeuro ®s help.
Charming, gently humorous and beautifully illustrated.
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Review by: tessak
Dated: 3rd of April, 2011
Ok so this little bedtime tale has a wonderful idea and theme behind it. The artwork is lovely. Unfortunately it did not hold miss4's interest, which is interesting as this is a child who thrives on books and loves every story.
I think for her the pages were to dark, not enough bright colours to enthral her. The pages that just have pictures without words seemed to annoy her and left her a little confused. However with that said and done, she did spend the following week wishing upon stars every night, but it has not been a story she has requested to have read to her again, and any attempt at reading it to her again has resulted in it not happening.
A lovely little bedtime tale, but possibly will not appeal to all. I do wonder if miss4 will have a greater appreciation of the story when she is older and understands the meaning within the story though, as I believe this would make a difference to ones' enjoyment of the story.
Review by: kiwireviewer-00
Dated: 19th of March, 2011
This is a beautifully simple tale, packed with that 'warm fuzzy glow' that you get as you watch little faces getting entranced by the pictures and the story.
Sure, it's a simple tale, but it's a bedtime story for little ones... and my 2yr old son was enthralled - which is something worthy of note, let me tell you!
The artwork is astounding... full of little details that slowly creep in around the edges, culminating at the end of the story where you suddenly realise that even though it's all about one little girl and one little star... it isn't really just about them.
Overall, a charming nocturnal read, well worth it for every house who has a child under the age of say 5 or 6. After that and they start to want stories with a bit more grit in them. 
Review by: fuzzy01mnas
Dated: 11th of March, 2011
This is a great little book with nice easy bold sentences. It has nice big pages full of wonderful pictures which all my children have really enjoyed.
I did find I had to stop the kids turning the pages so quick when I was reading and asking what was happening in the pictures due to them wanting to race through to see if the little star got back home.
Overall this is a great book which will be used many a time for bedtimes as my daughter was more than happy to go to sleep after having this read to her.
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