Sternenbote

If a star shines particularly bright for you, you should follow it. Christmas – the time when the stars feel especially close to us: in the form of cookies, star-shaped decorations on the Christmas tree, as streetlights, and as window displays. And as celestial bodies that provide orientation and show the way. For thousands of years, they have been used for this purpose. Over 2000 years ago, three wise men were guided by such a star to a special, world-changing event, to a child in a manger. With his deeply moving text, Reinhard Ehgartner uses the stars as a symbol of permanence, repetition, and return, connecting the universal with the singular, relating the individual to the whole by showing how the earthly orbits of a family resemble the paths of the celestial bodies. Linda Wolfsgruber picks up on these thoughts in her illustrations, continuing the relationships, allowing everything to be viewed as if through a telescope, bringing the distant close. Christmas: a time full of special moments, with cookie baking and Christmas tree decorating, with wishes and secrets. A time full of questions and wonder, full of longing and goosebumps. Wrapped in this very special book. Simply the most beautiful Christmas book. Awards: 2020: Austrian Children's and Youth Book Award | 2020 Collection: Catholic Children's and Youth Book Award | 2020 Recommendation List: Picture Book of the Month, German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature 2019: Toad of the Month, STUBE 2019: Best 7 Books for Young Readers, Deutschlandfunk. Tips: timeless and all-encompassing for Advent and Christmas, an ideal gift.