From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quitcomes a story about wishing, persevering, and reaching for the stars.
Once there was a boy, and that boy loved stars very much. So much sothat he decided to catch one of his very own. But how? Waiting forthem to grow tired from being up in the sky all night doesn´t work.Climbing to the top of the tallest tree? No, not tall enough. The boyhas a rocket ship . . . but it is made of paper and doesn´t fly wellat all. Finally, just when the boy is ready to give up, he learns that sometimes things aren´t where, or what, we expect them to be.
Oliver Jeffers offers a simple, childlike tale of reaching for thestars, and emerging with a friending