The Tiny Star

The Tiny Star
Author	Mem Fox
Illustrator	Freya Blackwood
Cover artist	Freya Blackwood
Language	English
Genre	Children's picture book
Published	2019 (Puffin Books)
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	40 (unpaginated)
ISBN	9780670078127
OCLC	906797819

The Tiny Star is a 2019 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Freya Blackwood. It is about a star falling to Earth, turning into a baby, living a loving fulfilling life, dying, than returning to the heavens as a star.

Development

According to Fox, it took her five years to write.^[1]

Publication history

2021, US, Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 9780593304013
2019, Australia, Puffin Books ISBN 9780670078127

Reception

A reviewer for the Reading Time wrote "The Tiny Star is a valuable, uplifting and poignant story for the young to make sense of, and find comfort in, heartbreaking loss",^[2] and recommended it as a best book of the year.^[3] Publishers Weekly called it a "meditation".^[4]

The Tiny Star has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,^[5] Books+Publishing,^[6] and StoryLinks.^[7]

Awards

2020 Booksellers' Choice Children's book of the year shortlist^[8]
2020 Australian Book Industry Awards Children's Picture Book of the Year shortlist^[9]
2020 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Three to Five Years shortlist^[10]
2020 Australian Indie Book Awards Children's shortlist^[11]

References

^ Celina Ribeiro (8 May 2020). "Mem Fox on fear, creativity and Covid-19: 'What if I die with the story unfinished?'". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ Romi Sharp (18 November 2019). "The Tiny Star". Reading Time. Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ Romi Sharp (18 November 2019). "Best Books of 2019: Romi Sharp". Reading Time. Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "The Tiny Star". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "The Tiny Star". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021. Grief can feel impossible, but Fox's words whisper straight to one's heart while Blackwood's characteristically warm, smudgy illustrations exude warmth.
^ Margaret Hamilton (5 September 2019). "The Tiny Star (Mem Fox, illus by Freya Blackwood, Puffin)". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. Retrieved 4 September 2021. The simple and beautiful story about the cycle of life is told with the utmost tenderness and involves the reader in the journey of a loving family as the narrative follows life's adventures from beginning to end and beyond.
^ Mia Macrossan (1 October 2019). "The Tiny Star". storylinks.booklinks.org.au. Retrieved 4 September 2021. The book is an absolute visual delight celebrating a life well lived. The text is honed down to a minimum of simple words that convey maximum meaning.
^ "Booksellers' Choice 2020 Book of the Year Awards shortlists announced". booksandpublishing.com.au. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ Simon Clark (28 April 2020). "2020 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) shortlist announced". theaureview.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2020 shortlists announced". booksandpublishing.com.au. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "2020 Indie Awards Shortlist Announced". Good Reading. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

External links

[1] Celina Ribeiro (8 May 2020). "Mem Fox on fear, creativity and Covid-19: 'What if I die with the story unfinished?'". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

[2] Romi Sharp (18 November 2019). "The Tiny Star". Reading Time. Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

[3] Romi Sharp (18 November 2019). "Best Books of 2019: Romi Sharp". Reading Time. Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

[4] "The Tiny Star". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

[5] "The Tiny Star". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021. Grief can feel impossible, but Fox's words whisper straight to one's heart while Blackwood's characteristically warm, smudgy illustrations exude warmth.

[6] Margaret Hamilton (5 September 2019). "The Tiny Star (Mem Fox, illus by Freya Blackwood, Puffin)". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. Retrieved 4 September 2021. The simple and beautiful story about the cycle of life is told with the utmost tenderness and involves the reader in the journey of a loving family as the narrative follows life's adventures from beginning to end and beyond.

[7] Mia Macrossan (1 October 2019). "The Tiny Star". storylinks.booklinks.org.au. Retrieved 4 September 2021. The book is an absolute visual delight celebrating a life well lived. The text is honed down to a minimum of simple words that convey maximum meaning.

[8] "Booksellers' Choice 2020 Book of the Year Awards shortlists announced". booksandpublishing.com.au. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

[9] Simon Clark (28 April 2020). "2020 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) shortlist announced". theaureview.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

[10] "Speech Pathology Australia book awards 2020 shortlists announced". booksandpublishing.com.au. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

[11] "2020 Indie Awards Shortlist Announced". Good Reading. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

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