The Tiny Star
AuthorMem Fox
IllustratorFreya Blackwood
Cover artistFreya Blackwood
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book
Published2019 (Puffin Books)
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages40 (unpaginated)
ISBN9780670078127
OCLC906797819

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.[1]

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",[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

References

  1. ↑ Celina Ribeiro (8 May 2020). "Mem Fox on fear, creativity and Covid-19: 'What if I die with the story unfinished?'". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Romi Sharp (18 November 2019). "The Tiny Star". Reading Time. Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Romi Sharp (18 November 2019). "Best Books of 2019: Romi Sharp". Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ "The Tiny Star". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "The Tiny Star". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021. Grief can feel impossible, but Fox's words whisper straight to one's heart while Blackwood's characteristically warm, smudgy illustrations exude warmth.
  6. ↑ Margaret Hamilton (5 September 2019). "The Tiny Star (Mem Fox, illus by Freya Blackwood, Puffin)". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. Retrieved 4 September 2021. The simple and beautiful story about the cycle of life is told with the utmost tenderness and involves the reader in the journey of a loving family as the narrative follows life's adventures from beginning to end and beyond.
  7. ↑ Mia Macrossan (1 October 2019). "The Tiny Star". storylinks.booklinks.org.au. Retrieved 4 September 2021. The book is an absolute visual delight celebrating a life well lived. The text is honed down to a minimum of simple words that convey maximum meaning.
  8. ↑ "Booksellers' Choice 2020 Book of the Year Awards shortlists announced". booksandpublishing.com.au. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  9. ↑ Simon Clark (28 April 2020). "2020 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) shortlist announced". theaureview.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2020 shortlists announced". booksandpublishing.com.au. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "2020 Indie Awards Shortlist Announced". Good Reading. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
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