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Joni and the Fallen Star by Cindy Jett Pilon, MSW illustrated by John Hazard Joni loves to look up at the stars. She stays up until her bedtime in order to gaze up into the night sky and make out the various constellations. She most especially likes to stare upon the twinkling lights of her favorite constellation, the Big Dipper. Then one night, after Joni goes to bed, she hears a tapping on her window, only to find a little star staring back at her. “I’m terribly sorry to bother you,” says the little star. “But I seem to have fallen out of the sky and really need to get home.” After trying to get Alkaid back into the sky but failing to do so, Joni enlists the help of her classmates, each of whom contributes his or her special talents: building, math, painting, etc., to get the little star back into the cosmos. Joni and the Fallen Star is an engaging, charming story that teaches kids the value of good teamwork. Cindy Jett Pilon, MSW, has a psychotherapy practice in Washington, DC. She has a Master’s of Social Work from the Catholic University of America. She lives in Reston, Virginia, with her husband and their four-year-old daughter. John Hazard is an animator for the Nickelodeon network and its Web site and draws the newspaper strip Schmooze or Lose. A graduate of the Pratt Institute, he lives in Manhattan. 7x8, 48 pages, 26 Color Illustrations |
