The Healing Star
ISBN-13-978-1733899208
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Stars with healing powers are falling from the sky.
Feisty fourth-grader Julia’s best friend in the entire universe is her grandmother. Julia and Grammu share secrets while cooking soup together, stay up late eating junk food and watching scary movies, and go stargazing on Blackberry Hill. They even wish on the same star every night.
But everything changes when Grammu catches the disappearing disease: little by little, she’s turning invisible. If Julia can catch a falling star, then her wish to save Grammu will come true. All Julia needs to do now is find the legendary ladder to the stars…
Yasuko and the Dream Eater
ISBN-13-978-1-7338992-3-9
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Picture book inspired by a Japanese legend.
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Yasuko has the same bad dream every night while visiting her grandmother in
Japan, so her grandmother suggests she call the dream eater for help. When the dream eater is still hungry after devouring Yasuko’s nightmare, Yasuko must stop
it from gobbling up her good dream too.
This book includes an author's note, cultural note, and instructions for making origami. It will help kids dealing with nightmares as well as celebrate what it
means to be part of a bicultural family. It's a little bit scary, a little bit funny, and
full of heart!
AUTHOR READING AND INTERVIEW
Listen to the author read an exciting excerpt from the book in costume! A. Kidd will be dressed as one of the characters from The Healing Star. Reading followed by a fun interview with the author.
-2020 Author Fair presented by Rochester Writers and Rochester Hills Public Library.
AUTHOR CHAT
Get to know A. Kidd and learn more about what inspired her to write The Healing Star.
-2020 Summer Virtual Book Festival presented by Pages Promotions, LLC.
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