Crinkle, Crinkle, Little Star

by Justin Krasner, Emma Yarlett (Illustrator)

Overview

Take an interactive journey through the night sky in an innovative, tactile board book, a special book that engages three senses—seeing, touching, and hearing.

With its gorgeous, full-spread illustrations of constellations and beloved bedtime lullaby reimagined, Crinkle, Crinkle, Little Star is the perfect book to rock babies to sleep. Here’s Taurus the bull, strong and fast. Cetus the whale, waving a mighty tail. Orion, with bow and arrow in hand. Babies can trace the imaginary lines that turn random stars into ancient constellations—and, in a special treat, create a crinkling sound by tracing the channel of shimmery material underneath the last illustration in the book.

That same mysterious, compelling crinkling sound persists when baby and parents hold the book and rub the crinkly material on the back cover.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781523501205
Publisher:	Workman Publishing Company
Publication date:	10/31/2017
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	1 - 4 Years

About the Author

When Justin Krasner was little and couldn't sleep, his dad would take him out to look at the night sky. Now a writer and editor living in New York, you can still find him staring up at the stars.

Editorial Reviews

"This book works like gangbusters as a bedtime story, lulling tired bodies with a familiar tune and deep, warm colors. An attractive and enchanting bedtime story. " –Kirkus Reviews

“Journey to the beautiful night sky via this durable board book that lets kids see, touch and hear their way through a tale of the constellations.” –TimeOut New York Kids

"Shimmery crinkle paper invites babies to touch the stars in this tactile update of the bedtime classic." –Los Angeles Times

"Appropriate for the youngest readers, this crinkle-covered book teaches famous constellations with gentle rhymes. Perfect for bedtime." –San Francisco Chronicle Online

 

From the Publisher

2017-11-22
Constellations come out and play at night.Sung to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," this board book introduces little readers to the numerous creatures that light up the night sky. Little ones can use their fingers to trace the shapes of Leo, Orion, Cygnus, and more as the sky grows darker and darker and the stars shine brighter and brighter. A large, die-cut star filled with shiny, slightly wrinkled Mylar appears opposite the traditional, final verse of the familiar rhyme, which substitutes "crinkle" for "twinkle," to end the book, engaging readers for one last lovely experience. The book works like gangbusters as a bedtime story, lulling tired bodies with a familiar tune and deep, warm colors. The diagrams of the constellations are overlaid with fetching illustrations of a brave lion, a smiling archer, a flying swan, and more. The back cover is constructed with a further layer of crinkled material between board and paper, lending tactile interest, and the shiny stuff appears behind Ursa Major and Ursa Minor in peek-through cutouts on the cover.An attractive and enchanting bedtime story. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews