# Bright Star

**Author:** Yuyi Morales
**Grade range:** Grades K–5
**First published:** 2021
**Page count:** 0
**Genre:** Picture Book
**ISBN-13:** `9780823443284`
**ISBN-10:** `0823443280`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/bright-star
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book Winner of the Tomás Rivera Mexican Children’s Book Award Inspiring, reassuring, and beautifully illustrated, this new story from the creator of the New York Times bestseller Dreamers is the perfect gift for every child. A New York Times Best Children’s Book of the Year With the combination of powerful, spare language and sumptuous, complex imagery characteristic of her work, Yuyi Morales weaves the tale of a fawn making her way through a landscape that is dangerous, beautiful—and full of potential. A gentle voice urges her onward, to face her fears and challenge the obstacles that seek to hold her back. Child, you are awake! You are alive! You are a bright star, Inside our hearts. With a voice full of calm, contemplative wisdom, readers are invited to l

## Where this book is assigned

### Pura Belpré Illustrator Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade — [source: Pura Belpré Illustrator Award (ALA/ALSC + REFORMA), via Wikipedia — 2022 Honor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)
- **recommended** · 1st grade — [source: Pura Belpré Illustrator Award (ALA/ALSC + REFORMA), via Wikipedia — 2022 Honor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: Pura Belpré Illustrator Award (ALA/ALSC + REFORMA), via Wikipedia — 2022 Honor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: Pura Belpré Illustrator Award (ALA/ALSC + REFORMA), via Wikipedia — 2022 Honor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: Pura Belpré Illustrator Award (ALA/ALSC + REFORMA), via Wikipedia — 2022 Honor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: Pura Belpré Illustrator Award (ALA/ALSC + REFORMA), via Wikipedia — 2022 Honor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pura_Belpr%C3%A9_Award)

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