The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Matheson, Christie

Touch the Brightest Star

40 pp. | Greenwillow | May, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-227447-2 $15.99

(2) PS The bluebird from Tap the Magic Tree explores the world at night from sunset to sunrise. Throughout, Matheson gives readers actions to take: "Gently press the firefly," and on the next spread the firefly is "lit up." Spacious collage illustrations, child-powered interactivity, and a cyclical quality will send readers back to the beginning for another gentle nighttime. Brief scientific explanations are appended.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2015