Stella Keeps the Sun Up by Clothilde Ewing

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Web ID: 15416130

In this incandescently fun, hijinks-filled picture book, a young girl schemes to keep the sun up in the sky so she never has to go to bed. If Stella had her way, she would stop sleeping on her sixth birthday. Because sleep is boring. And there are so many better things you could be doing. And Stella is tired of being tired. So she comes up with a plan. People only have to go to bed when it gets dark, and it only gets dark because the sun goes down. If she can keep the sun in the sky, she and her best friend, Roger, can stay up for a hundred years! They enact their magnificent, wonderful, genius plan, offering the sun a cup of coffee, shining a light at it so it will shine back, and jumping on a trampoline to reach the sun and push it higher. But before long, Stella begins to wonder...are there downsides to keeping the sun up forever?

  • Product Features

    • Suggested age range - 4-8 Years
    • Format - Hardcover
    • Product dimensions - 9.3" W x 10.6" H x 0.5" D
    • Genre - Picture Book
    • Publisher - Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Publication date - 03-08-2022
    • Page count - 48
    • ISBN - 9781534487857

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2 years ago
from Chicago, Il

Beautifully Done and Imaginative

This book sparks a lot of imagination and creativity. My children love this book and chuckle while reading about Stella and Roger’s adventures. It was also a great science lesson about the relationship between the sun and earth for my 4 year old.

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3 years ago
from Ozarks, MO

Radiates energy and positivity

Determination, clever ideas, and a trusty friend at the side are all this girl needs to take on the sun and convince it to stay. Stella loves to do all sorts of activities, and she's not a fan of bedtime, since she has to sleep all night with nothing to do. It seems a waste. The only way to end this nonsense is to stop the sun from setting. It's not an easy task, but Stella is ready to take on the challenge...and that without her parents knowing what she's up to. Stella is so full of energy and excitement that it's hard not to smile. The joy of life beams from her. I was glad to see that this doesn't change the entire book through, either. When something doesn't seem to work out the way she hopes, there's no pouting or time for negative thoughts. She just jumps right into the next attempt. This positivity stays all the way to the end thanks to an interesting and sweet twist. The illustrations are bright and let Stella's personality glow. The hippo on her side is super cute and adds to the fantasy and fun—a talking hippo in sunglasses is definitely a treat. Each spread carries the needed details to let Stella's world open up and switches seamlessly between the reality and fantasy. While Stella is trying to keep the sun up to keep playing (which is something to think about), there's a long-distance friendship at play. This, unfortunately, is only mentioned very briefly in the beginning before hitting again at the end and might go over some young listeners' heads until explained. Still, this is such a cute read, and I do recommend it. I received an ARC and am giving it 4.5-stars while rounding up because I do love the joy in this one.

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