Like a Shooting Star

By Rino Alaimo

Book Overview

Award-winning filmmaker and author of The Boy Who Loved the Moon Rino Alaimo returns with an endearing tale about courage and love. When a young boy's father doesn't return from the war, the lonely boy wishes upon a shooting star--one that turns out to be a little firefly who, try as she might, just can't fly. Touched by the boy's earnest wish, the firefly undertakes a courageous journey to bring the boy's father home. Hope, love, and the courage of an unlikely hero fill the pages of this stunningly illustrated picture book.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1944822801
• ISBN13: 9781944822804
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Familius
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1