Washoe County Library System

Poppleton the pig goes stargazing, tries out a new bed before he buys it, and goes sailing for the first time.

Sun, Moon, and Star visit each other and take turns shining in the sky.

Explores the wonder of stars, whether they are in the night sky, on a plant as a promise of fruit to come, or in one's pocket for those days when one does not feel shiny. " A star is how you know it’s almost night. As soon as you see one, there’s another, and another. And the dark that comes doesn’t feel so dark. What if you could have a star?"--

Fancy Nancy and her father love stargazing, and during her first campout under the stars she describes the heavens to him and her sister, JoJo, using her fancy words.

Ashenteen and her brother Willabee, two young mice, help their family gather fallen stars, which will be used to light their ship and guide them on their ocean journeys.

A very old man, yearning to recapture and share the simple pleasures of Christmases long ago, picks up a pair of scissors and begins to shape a miracle.

When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade.

When he cannot sleep, a little boy imagines himself on a nighttime journey across the sky where he can run and dance with star constellations.

In a bedtime story to his son a father explains that the brightest star in the sky is the baseball which he hit into outer space against pitcher Killer Magoo.

When Kyle writes a play about a full moon, his best friend Katie decides she will write one about a star, but they realize it is always more fun to do things together, and combine both plays to make a new one.