By Frances Tosdevin (author) , Rhian Stone (illustrator)
"A touching story of a child's love for her grandfather and her deep sadness as he begins to forget things. "
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Shortlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize 2025
When Grandad was younger he was an astronomer: he knows all about the stars and can tell wonderful stories about them. But now Grandad’s getting older and he’s starting to forget things including the stories that he has always known so well. And then he forgets his granddaughter’s name.
But the love between them doesn't dim - thanks to the wonders of the stars in the galaxies and all the stories about them.
Fascinated by her grandad, a famous astronomer, a little girl could listen to his star stories for hours. But one day he starts to forget the constellations and eventually he can’t even remember her name.
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Discover how love can reach across galaxies whether stars shine brightly or grow dim.
As Frances hasn’t quite grown up (not properly, anyway), it’s perhaps no surprise that she loves writing imaginative stories for children. Having studied Archaeology, Anthropology and Classics at Cambridge, she has a certain fondness for old things, and when she was little, she longed to own a real dinosaur. Sadly, despite writing a particularly persuasive letter to her parents on this matter, aged about four, no dinosaur was forthcoming— but she still lives in hope.
Frances has taken several picture book courses and is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She has been shortlisted five times in picture book competitions, and spends her days turning her numerous ideas into new stories. An observer of small things, she is constantly in awe at the natural world. Her debut picture book, The Bear and Her Book , was published by Uclan Publishing in October 2021 to critical acclaim.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Grandad's Star and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
Grandad's Star features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, Stories about Family and Friends, PSHE: Health , Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children's and Young Adult Fiction
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Grandad's Star was written by Frances Tosdevin and published by Rocket Bird Books an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Grandad's Star has 32 pages
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