Star in the Jar

 
　　高高地，在天空裡，有一顆小星星迷路了⋯⋯
 
　　小男孩偶然間發現了一顆很特別的星星，他把星星放進罐子裡，帶著它一起去冒險。他和姊姊一起帶著星星去看電影、去游泳，甚至一起上廁所！
 
　　但可憐的星星很傷心，因為它很想念它的朋友們⋯⋯於是小男孩找到學校裡最熱心助人的女孩，但她說這顆星星不是她的。小男孩問了準備營養午餐的女士，但她也說這顆星星不是她的。這時夜空中傳來訊息，原來天上的星星們發現自己的同伴走失了，正在尋找它。地面上的聲音無法傳到高高的夜空裡，小姊弟也爬不到那麼高的地方，他們究竟該如何把星星送回它溫暖的家？
 
　　得獎作者Sam Hay充滿想像力與驚奇的故事，搭配插畫家莎拉．瑪西尼（Sarah Massini）優美生動的繪圖，讓孩子從溫暖的故事中體會擁有與失去的意義。

Up high, in the dark, dark sky … a message: LOST, ONE SMALL STAR.

An enchanting bedtime story, perfect for fans of Oliver Jeffers' How To Catch a Star.

　　When a little boy stumbles across a special star, he puts it in a jar and takes it on adventures. Together with his big sister, he takes his special treasure with him everywhere – to the cinema, to the swimming pool and even to the toilet!

　　But the poor star is sad and misses its friends in the sky… Can the little boy and his big sister find a way to send the star safely back home?

　　'A cheery, warm-hearted tale, beautifully told' – Guardian

　　Sam Hay is the award-winning author of The Star Maker’s Apprentice and A Very Corgi Christmas. Sarah Massini is the award-winning illustrator of The Little Prince, retold to Louise Greig, and The Girl and the Dinosaur, The Girl and the Mermaid and The Velveteen Rabbit.

Sam Hay grew up in Scotland in a family of bookworms. She always wanted to be a writer and filled endless notebooks with stories and poems. She worked for the BBC before deciding to write her first children’s book. Since then she has written more than 30 children's books, including Star in the Jar, Dinosaurs United and the Cowardly Custard Pirates for Farshore.