Ladybug Nominee #5: Stars

Stars is a beautifully illustrated book by Mary Lyn Ray, a popular children's author who lives in New Hampshire, in Danbury! Some children remembered that she was a visitor to our school just last year. The illustrator is Marla Frazee, who has won several awards for her artwork in children's books.

After reading about Stars, first and second graders looked at Starfall, a website for young readers. We read an online book there called Pumpkin, Pumpkin and observed in the photos that pumpkin blossoms do look like stars, just as Mary Lyn Ray wrote in her book!

Many of us hope that Stars wins the Ladybug Award because Mary Lyn Ray would not have to travel very far to pick up her trophy!