"Stars" by Mary Lyn Ray, illustrated by Marla Frazee.

“Does anyone illustrate the facial expressions, postures and movements of children with the same gloriously authentic exuberance as Marla Frazee?” asked Pamela Paul of Illustration alumnus and Art Center at Night instructor Frazee ILLU ’81 (Everywhere Babies, All the World, The Seven Silly Eaters) in her recent review of Stars in The New York Times’ Sunday Book Review.

Written by Mary Lyn Ray (Mud, Shaker Boy, Red Rubber Boot Day) and illustrated by multiple Caldecott Honor Award-winner Frazee, Stars is a “lyrical book that celebrates stars–the stars in the sky and the stars in all of us.”

In a recent interview with Jonathan Liu of WIRED’s Geek Dad, Frazee said what attracted her to Stars was its poetic, evocative and childlike language.

“It was a real puzzle to try to figure out how to illustrate it,” said Frazee. “That was also what pulled me in: how would anybody illustrate this and it intrigued me enough that I wanted to do it.”

How did she pull it off?

Visit Amazon.com or your favorite local bookseller to find out.