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Puttock, Simon

A Ladder to the Stars

32 pp. | Holt | October, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-8050-6783-3 $$16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Alison Jay. On her seventh birthday, a young girl wishes that she could dance with a star. The heavenly bodies work together to grant the wish, and on her one-hundred-and-seventh birthday the girl, now an old woman, climbs up a massive tree and reaches her star. Overly contrived language mars an otherwise satisfying story intended to spark discussion of death. Soft illustrations enhance the magical mood.
Reviewer: CHristine Sarrazin

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