Stella Keeps the Sun Up
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2022 · Est. 7 min read-aloud

Stella Keeps the Sun Up

By Clothilde Ewing, Lynn Gaines (Illustrator)

Book #1 in the Stella series

A girl plots to keep the sun up forever to avoid bedtime.

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48 pages· 840 words· Est. 7 min read-aloud
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Stella, a spirited young girl, hatches a wild plan to keep the sun in the sky so she never has to sleep again. With her best friend Roger, they offer the sun coffee, shine lights, and even jump on trampolines to push it higher. But as their antics unfold, Stella starts to question if eternal daylight is truly the answer. Can they outsmart the night, or will they discover the unexpected consequences of their scheme? Dive into this whimsical adventure to find out if Stella's dream of endless playtime is worth the cost.

From the publisher

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?

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
48
Words
840
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
AD540L
Themes & topics
Books about sleepBooks about the sunBooks about bedtime and dreamsBooks about imagination and playBooks about friendship
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The fine print

Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~3.6
F&P level
~N
Publication
Published
March 8, 2022
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781534487857

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