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by Joe Rhatigan (Author), Carolina Farias (Illustrator)
The classic nursery rhyme . . . now the beginning of a hilarious rhyming adventure for toddlers!
Everyone loves and remembers nursery rhymes from their childhood. Each book in this series begins with a classic nursery rhyme, and then expands on it with lots of silly fun. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star is one of the most recognizable and beloved nursery rhymes of all time. And while there are countless versions available in book form, this magical edition turns the rhyme into an unforgettable story young children will come back to again and again. When four kittens wish to be closer to Twinkle, they devise different contraptions to launch them up, up, up in the sky! When their ideas don't work, the kittens and Twinkle learn a valuable lesson about what it means to be a friend. At once hilarious and endearing, this book will give children the giggles as they read and re-read this new classic.Author Biography
Joe Rhatigan is an author and editor whose twenty-year book publishing career has taken him from creating and managing imprints to editing and/or writing more than 100 children's books for trade, wholesale, and educational markets. His picture books and fiction include I Love a Book (MoonDance Press, 2017), The Egg Salad Sandwich Incident (Teacher Created Materials, 2019), Everyone Toots (MoonDance Press, 2018), and Doggie Day Care (Little Hippo Books, 2020). His nonfiction includes Step into Reading: Space (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2016), 50 Wacky Inventions Throughout History (Walter Foster Jr., 2017), White House Kids (Charlesbridge, 2015), Ouch! (Charlesbridge, 2013), and Out-of-This-World Astronomy (Lark Books, 2003). He lives in the mountains of North Carolina with his family and a dog named Rooster.
Carolina Farias began her career as a children's book illustrator after working for several well-known animation studios, including Warner Bros. and Disney. She has illustrated many books including When I Grow Up by Bailey Carroll (Scholastic) and I Want to Be a Scientist by Rebecca Tree (Scholastic). Her artwork is created using a variety of mediums with a preference toward watercolors and acrylics. Carolina lives in La Plata, Argentina, with her husband and their two children. Follow her on Instagram @carolinafarias1.
