Stella's Starliner

Written and illustrated by Rosemary Wells

A girl finds beauty in her unique home despite others' taunts.

3.7 Goodreads · 530 ratings

32 pages· 541 words· Est. 5 min read-aloud· AD530L

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Bookroo's summary

Stella's home, the Starliner, is a silver trailer filled with love and adventure. But when cruel words from passing weasels sting, her family moves to a new place. There, Stella discovers friends who see her home as a silver palace, not an old tin can. Can Stella's spirit shine brighter than the taunts she faces?

From the publisher

Though she is teased about her silver trailer home, a little girl never loses sight of life’s true gifts in Rosemary Wells’s sensitive, ultimately uplifting story. Stella lives in a sparkling home on wheels that’s as silver as a comet in the sky. Inside are lots of cupboards and hiding places, and even a sofa that turns into a bed! Her home is called the Starliner, and it has everything Stella and her mama and daddy need to be happy. Until, that is, some big weasels pop up along the road, saying mean things about the Starliner. Mama comes to soothe away the hurt, and Daddy hitches their home to a truck and drives it away to a brand-new place, where Stella meets friends who are as enchanted as she is with her shiny home. Happily, one person’s old tin can is truly another person’s silver palace!

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