A Wave of Stars by Dolores Brown, Sonja Wimmer
ISBN: 8417673415
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A moonbow is a rarely occurring natural phenomenon. It may appear after a sudden storm in the night Its beauty is otherworldly.

The legend says that if a sea animal gazes upon a moonbow, they will transform into a human and the only way to return to their natural state is to dive under a wave of stars. In  this story, 2 sea creatures, a seal and sea turtle, playing in the reef and unaware of the lateness of the hour gaze upon a moonbow and change into a little boy and a little girl. No longer creatures of the sea, they must reach shore, find safety and try to find a way back to their true selves and their home in the sea. They are befriended by a fisherman who knows the legend and offers to help them in their quest.

This story reads  and feels like the fairy tales of old. The illustrations are detailed and  breathtaking. The blues, greens with shocks of color take the reader into the story.

Curriculums looking at fairy tales could add this to the list. It can also be used in studies about the ocean  and the the rarity of a moonbow.

submitted by Kathy George, Gray Public Library

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