Stars: The Complete Guide

Description: From acclaimed author Ray ("Christmas Farm") and Caldecott Honor winner Frazee ("All the World") comes a tender, evocative, and profound exploration of stars both near and far. Full color.

Brief description: Marla Frazee is the recipient of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Book and a three-time Caldecott Honor winner. She has illustrated many acclaimed picture books, including All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon, Stars by Mary Lyn Ray, and Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers, as well as her own Farmer Books trilogy, A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, and The Boss Baby, which inspired the DreamWorks Animation film. She is also the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Clementine chapter books by Sara Pennypacker. The mother of three grown sons, she lives in Pasadena, California. Visit her at MarlaFrazee.com.

Review Quotes: *"Ray ("Christmas Farm") and Frazee ("The Boss Baby"), two big talents beating as one, assemble a cast of junior philosophers to help them muse on why stars as celestial bodies, as shapes, as symbols, as talismans hold so much meaning and mystery for us...while the prevailing tone is contemplative, it s more quirky than languid, capturing the delicious freedom of Ray s mind at play. Her prose wanders in the best sense of the word, and Frazee is happy to connect the dots and explore the detours, showing readers how stars can turn sticks into wands, cheer us up, or remind us, gently, of how much of the universe is beyond our grasp."
--"Publishers Weekly," August 15, 2011, *STAR"