Shine Like the Stars
Age 3+
Picture Books Poetry Personal & Social Issues: Self-Awareness & Self-Esteem
Illustrated by Waterstones Children's Book Award-winning Harry Woodgate, this beautiful, poetic picture book will help you to understand your place in the natural world.
You are part of this earth. You grow like the seed. You shine like the stars.
We are all connected to the natural world, and it is connected to us. And just as the stars shine brightly in the night sky, so can you.
Told from the point of view of the natural world, this exquisite and thought-provoking story invites us to connect with the world around us and achieve our potential, illustrated by Waterstones Children's Book Award-winning Harry Woodgate.
Creators
Anna Wilson has been a published author for twenty years, writing over 50 books for children, including picture books, novels, early readers and the novelisation for Paddington 2: the Story of the Movie. Once an editor, she now loves to write, and runs creative writing schools across the UK. Anna lives near Penzance in Cornwall.
Harry Woodgate (pronouns: they/them) is an award-winning illustrator, who was shortlisted for the V&A Illustration Awards 2019 and the Folio Society Book Illustration Competition 2018 and 2019. Their debut picture book Grandad’s Camper won the Waterstones Children’s Book Award for picture books in 2022, and was inspired by their university dissertation, which revealed a lack of representation for older LGBT characters in children’s books. When they’re not creating amazing books, they love writing music, cycling, baking, and exploring independent coffee shops and bookstores. Harry is based in St Albans, UK.
Reviews
Gorgeously illustrated… this thought-provoking picture book feels like it gives you one last big hug before you close its pages.
The Reader Teacher
A beautifully illustrated, lyrical invitation to connect with the natural world
LoveReading4Kids
Powerful, poetic and told from the viewpoint of the natural world… both a deeply philosophical book and a comforting cuddle of a book. It deserves to be on the shelves of every family where there’s a young child
Books for Keeps
Anna’s thought-provoking words read like a lullaby. The illustrations are vibrant and unfold like dreams!
a truly beautiful book… highlights our close connection to nature and inspires us to aim for the stars!
Reading Zone
