【附QR code音檔】Stardust

 
★榮獲英國語文讀寫學會推薦書獎（UKLA Book Award）
 
　　小女孩渴望像星星一般耀眼，但不管是幫忙媽媽找回弄丟的戒指，還是贏得扮裝比賽，姐姐總是比她更出色，讓小女孩覺得失落又難過……
 
　　在爺爺眼中，小女孩絕對是閃亮的星星。為了鼓勵小女孩，他們一起邊看著夜空，爺爺邊講起故事。「很久很久以前，世界是這麼誕生的……每個人都曾經是星塵，下過雨後，就連灰色的石頭也會閃閃發光。」爺爺的話給了小女孩很大的鼓勵，陪伴著她長大，讓她相信自己，勇敢追逐自己的夢想！

Stardust, science and stem subjects combine to create a touching picture book that's perfect for bedtime.

　　One little girl dreams of being a star. But whether it's finding Mum's lost wedding ring or winning the fancy-dress prize, her big sister always shines brighter. Yet for her grandad she IS a star and, as he dries her eyes and they both gaze up at the night sky, he tells a story, the story of the beginning of the world. Everything and everyone is made of stardust, and we all shine in different ways. It's a lesson this little girl will never forget . . . and one day her dream comes true, and she finally realises her ambition to become an astronaut and fly up, up, up into space.

　　A heartwarming family story from bestselling award-winning author Jeanne Willis that encourages girls to aim for the stars and achieve their dreams.

　　Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free 'Stories Aloud' audio recording - just scan the QR code and listen along!

Jeanne Willis (Author): Jeanne Willis wrote her first book when she was five - a slim volume about cats written in pencil and stitched together with a painfully blunt needle so that it looked like a 'real' book. After that, there was no turning back. Having been fired from her Saturday job - selling cowboy boots on the Kings Road - for chewing gum, and after a brief career as a reptile vet's assistant, she worked as a copywriter and had her first picture book published at the age of 21 (which she wrote whilst pretending to be busy creating adverts for cognac). She has since written over 300 books and has won several awards, which are arranged in the attic where she works, along with her collection of caterpillars, pink-toed tarantula skins and live locusts. Jeanne has a keen interest in Natural History and has lost count of the number of species featured in her books, including everything from slugs to sloths. She is currently into corvids - especially Nosy Crows.

Briony May Smith (Illustrator): Briony May Smith grew up in Sandhurst in Berkshire, playing in the garden with her younger brother and sister. She studied Illustration at Falmouth University and was Highly Commended for the Macmillan Children's book prize in 2013 and 2014. She now lives in Devon, where her work day mainly consists of drawing fairies, interrupted only when her dog, Finbar, demands his walk. Briony's work is inspired by fairy tales and folklore and life in the country.