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Perkins, Mitali

Holy Night and Little Star: A Story for Christmas

40 pp. | Penguin/WaterBrook | September, 2023 | Trade ISBN 9780593578049 $15.99 | Ebook ISBN 9780593578056 $7.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Khoa Le. Resistant to change, Little Star is uncertain how she can help Maker on Holy Night. She follows the shepherds to a stable in Bethlehem and sees a newborn baby there whose eyes are familiar: “This Child...was Maker!” Her gentle gleam calms the Baby, so she stays, shimmering softly overhead for Maker until the travelers from afar arrive to worship the King. Perkins’s child-friendly fantasy about the role played by the Star of Bethlehem offers a thought-provoking, cross-cultural retelling of the Nativity story. Perkins re-teams with Le (Bare Tree and Little Wind: A Story for Holy Week), who beautifully depicts the human and otherworldly aspects of the story with (culturally accurate) diverse skin tones for the people and effervescent ­illustrations of the celestial host.
Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2023

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