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Home Under the Stars
Home Under the Stars | Andy Chou Musser
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Magical and heartfelt, A Home Under the Stars explores the difficulties and anxieties that accompany moving, as well as the journey to find a sense of belonging in a new place and to call it home. Moving from a rural house to an urban apartment, Toby feels tiny and lost in the vast, crowded city filled with unfamiliar sights and sounds. His moms try to comfort him, but their bedtime tradition of looking at the night sky together just makes Toby angry -- because the city lights hide his beloved stars. Without the stars, Toby isn't able to sleep and in his restless state he discovers a lion wandering in a mysterious jungle that has overgrown the city at night. Only the North Star can guide the lion home. Together, boy and lion embark on an otherworldly, nocturnal journey through the city in search of the star. Along the way they befriend other lost animals, each helping Toby to name and process his feelings about moving to the city. When, at last, Toby finds the North Star, he realizes that even if he can't see the stars, they will always be there for him. Comforted by this thought, Toby returns from his adventure ready to make a new home in the city.
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⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐5 ⭐ This book is immensely clever! Toby has moved the city. He didn‘t want to, but he had no choice. The thing he hates the most is that he can not see the stars. And one night when he can not sleep a lion comes to his room asking for help finding the north star. They explore the city and pick up other animals along the way. This is where cleverness comes in. It dawned on me half way through that they were picking up the animals-

LibrarianRyan from the zodiac and helping them find their way back home. It was so well done. Kudos to the illustrator for all the easter eggs that I originally missed like Toby‘s shadow being a dragon. This book was excellent! I hope it makes the official rounds for the Caldecott.
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