My Friend, the Starfinder, George Ella Lyon
My Friend, the Starfinder, George Ella Lyon
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My Friend, the Starfinder

Author: George Ella Lyon

Narrator: Julia Gibson

Unabridged: 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/30/2012

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

George Ella Lyon, a renowned poet and Golden Kite Award-winning author, delighted young listeners with Sonny's House of Spies. In My Friend, the Starfinder, a little girl hears a story that she will remember and treasure for the rest of her life. The kindly old man across the street has a wealth of stories to share-and today he has a particularly special one. As the little girl gets cozy on the old man's front porch, he dazzles her with a tale about chasing falling stars.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tasha

Ready yourself for a true story that defies belief. A girl meets am old man who tells her amazing stories. He starts by telling her of seeing a star fall and then heading into the fields to where it landed. He picked up the star and took it home. Then there was the time he found himself at the end o......more

Goodreads review by Abigail

Inspired by a storytelling elder from her own childhood, children's author George Ella Lyon has crafted this poetic tale of a young girl's friendship with an elderly neighbor, who sits on his porch and spins tall tales. From the falling star he caught one day, to the rainbow "bath" that he experienc......more

Goodreads review by Hannah

Fiction With the illustrator's water color like images and settle lyrics from the author, this story tells of a little girl that visits her elderly neighbor. The man tells her how he found a star when he was young. He has kept it all this time and gave it to the girl. Later, a rainbow found him and......more