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Stella, star of the sea

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Stella and Sam are just as imaginative and creative as my own children and so they can relate to the story with amazing ease. To start the cover is my daughters favourite part of the book because Stella is floating upside down but the book goes the other way! As Sam learns about the beach and all of its secerts both true and made up, so do I and the kids. Each time we read this story we talk about Sams questions and decide if Stella is right or not, in her answers. The pictures could take hours to look at and explore all that they have to offer, so we limit the expoloring of the pictures to two a read (counting shells or talking about the different fish we see). My daughter asks everytime we read this adorable book, if we can go to the beach in the summer and look for shells and swim with the seahorses. The book has given her the experience of what the beach is like that she would love to go and splash and swim herself.

Anyone with children but especially those with ones who just don't stop asking questions will not only enjoy reading this to their kids but will be able to connect to the story line with a small giggle. This story only brings on more questions, so be prepared and if in doubt look it up on the internet with your kids they will love it! Enjoy, we do almost everyday!

this was a cute story about a brother and a sister at the beach. this is the brother's first time at the beach and he doesn't quite know what to make of the whole thing so he asks his sister a lot of questions about why things are the way they are, which she creatively answers, because of course all older siblings are all knowing and all powerful in the eyes of their younger siblings. one of the questions he asks, for example, is what is a starfish (or something to that effect), to which the sister replies, starfish are falling stars that fell in love with the sea. by the end of the book after they finish talking the sister asks if the brother's coming in the water, and he pauses before yelling out yes and running forward. it's cute.

the art is very fun and energetic as well.

This is one of my favorites! The artwork is gorgeous and little brother Sam's inquisitive nature is funny. Stella's answers are also quite creative. My daughters really enjoy this one.

I just discovered Stella and Sam this weekend and they are now officially my favorite children's characters ever! The brother and sister relationship has never been explored with such sweet simplicity. A worried Sam asks the truly stellar Stella question after question after question, and she answers with pizazz and panache, until Sam can't help but be influenced by her infectious enthusiasm. Their paunchy little-kid stomachs and Stella's flame-red hair are sooooo cute that the book would be worth the buy even for the pictures. Luckily you don't have to compromise - the dialogue makes it difficult to read without laughing aloud and the story flows with a fresh feeling that is completely enjoyable.

Stella aquaints her little brother, Sam, to "The Sea"--a world to which she is an expert and which adults do not seem to inhabit. He is testing the waters, obviously timid about his first ocean adventure. She is an avid explorer--unafraid to share her waters with fallen stars (starfish) and galloping sea horses. It's worth buying this book just to see the picture of the two fishing off of the pier. Absolutely Adorable!

The illistrations are beautiful. The story with all of sams questions and stellas imagination are right out of a preschoolers mouth. Fun summer reading.