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Table of Contents
About The Book
Dazzled,
a little girl listens
to her old neighbor's story
of following a falling star
when he was a boy.
He found it, too.
He put it in her hands.
But that's not all
the starfinder has to tell.
One day something
found him.
It's a story
too good to keep.
See for yourself.
About The Author
Photograph (c) Kevin Nance
George Ella Lyon is the author of Trucks Roll!, Planes Fly!, and Boats Float!, cowritten with her son Benn. Among George Ella’s other books are the ALA Notable All the Water in the World, What Forest Knows, and Time to Fly. A former Kentucky Poet Laureate, she lives with her family in Lexington, Kentucky. Visit her online at GeorgeEllaLyon.com.
About The Illustrator
Photograph courtesy of illustrator
Stephen Gammell is the beloved illustrator of more than fifty books for children, including Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman, which received the Caldecott Medal, and two Caldecott Honor Books: The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker, and The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate Our School by Judy Sierra. Mr. Gammell lives with his wife, Linda, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Product Details
- Publisher: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books (February 5, 2008)
- Length: 40 pages
- ISBN13: 9781416927389
- Grades: P - 2
- Ages: 4 - 7
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Book Cover Image (jpg): My Friend, the Starfinder
Hardcover 9781416927389(2.3 MB)
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Author Photo (jpg): George Ella Lyon
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