She worries that it will be cold and dark. “But the stars will be my nightlight,” the boy says, to which the mom smiles. But what happens when a rainstorm rolls in?
Jen Halpern has been an educator for more than 25 years. She is the director of Agudas Achim Preschool in Alexandria, Virginia, where she lives with her husband and son. The Stars Will Be My Nightlight is her first book.
Chiara Fedele was born in Milan, where she attended the Brera Academy. Her illustrations have appeared in many picture books, including Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam and The Rabbi and the Reverend: Joachim Prinz, Martin Luther King Jr., and Their Fight Against Silence. Chiara also teaches drawing and painting techniques. She lives in Pavia, Italy.