How to Catch a Star

Picture book, 32 pages. Longing for a star to be his friend, a boy spends a day trying to catch one. Published in 2004 by Philomel Books.

---

Summer Nights

Our littles may love stars, but it's often difficult for them to stay awake long enough to see them -- at least on the nights when you want them to be awake!  So, bring the stars to them!

• Rachel at Coffee, Cake, Kids describes How To Catch a Star water play which is quite a simple, but fascinating activity for smaller children.
  
• Using a star shaped template make Star Art with sun-print paper; basic directions can be found at Run Wild My Child.
• Plan a picnic at dusk and decorate with lots of stars and eat star-shaped food! It's as simple as cutting sandwiches into stars or showing a child the star at a center of a cut apple.

---

Oliver Jeffers

Oliver Jeffers and Son.

Jeffers is the illustrator for one of our other summer books, The Day The Crayons Quit, which was published in 2013.

How to Catch a Star is Jeffers' debut work and since its publication he has earned multiple awards in 13 of the past 16 years.

---