The Night The Stars Went Out (Fiction Picture Books)

by ,Suz Hughes

[Joni Reads]

Received from Netgalley

Alien has a full time job of making sure the stars shine every night. It's a very big job, and he is just a little alien. Because he is so busy with his job he doesn't have much time for other things. That is, until one night the stars go out and Alien has find a way to get them to come back on.

So this book was cute for all of my kids. It was a good lesson in perseverance, friendship and for my 8 year old especially, responsibility. Alien could have just stopped trying and hoped the stars would just somehow come back on but instead of tried and tried to fix them, even traveling to planet Earth and making a new friend a long the way. As Alien plays with his new friend the stars come back on! Alien needed a friend to help him out. A good lesson in not doing things by yourself and always being ok with asking for help. Responsibility got thrown in there a little by me, maybe I'm the only one who saw it as an opportunity to tell my 8 year old that if that little alien has a full time job keeping the stars on then I think she can manage to make her bed every day. No? Just me? Oh well, it worked anyway.

I would say its for a bit of an older crowd 4-5 and up maybe. My 3 year olds got restless and were up and moving and playing while I was reading it.

Overall, good book, multiple teaching points. Would probably purchase and definitely recommend.