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Elschner, Geraldine

Moonchild, Star of the Sea

32 pp. | North-South/Neugebauer | September, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-7358-1664-6 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-7358-1665-4 $$16.50
(4) K-3 Translated by J. Alison James. Illustrated by Lieselotte Schwarz. A small star longs to visit the earth, so the moon turns him into a sea star, and he investigates the ocean and many lands. Years later, he returns to the moon, leaving behind a starfish shell for a young child to find. The warm, luminous illustrations justify the book's large scale, but the lyrical text is self-consciously allegorical to the point of being grating.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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