Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (1994)

This wonderful board book uses the original song of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, and continues with the same cadence to tell a story of a little girl who goes on a magical journey all through the universe with the star. There are wonderful illustrations and rhymes in this book.

Awards the book has received: None
Appropriate grade level: Pre- K - Grade 2

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Iza Trapani is about of a little girl who wishes upon a playful, twinkling star. Granting her wish, the little star takes her on an amazing adventure through the twirling, shimmering lights of the night sky.
Children will enjoy the rhyming,
• This could help the children recognize vocabulary and thyme.
• Students can create a rhyme and sing it to the class. This will help them build reading skills.
• Tell the children they will make a Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Have the children hold their finished star as they sing your choice of nursery rhyme.

Use this book with grades pre-K - 2 to encourage independent reading and reading aloud to others, to develop vocabulary and word recognition, to reinforce recognition of rhyme and other phonemic awareness skills, and to promote creative writing skills. Students will also be able to think about their world from a new point of view. Younger students can gain reading confidence by reading familiar rhymes, and build reading skills through familiarity with the text. Older students could create original verses to add to a class version of the rhyme.

This book is about a young girl who goes on an adventure far above the world with a little star. She sees the universe, as well as all the ways the star helps others in the world.
Addresses the issue of imagination, space, and adventure.

Use this book in the classroom to support early reading, phonemic awareness skills, vocabulary building, and creative writing.

This book includes sheet music for instrumental accompaniment, if available.

This book has the classic song that most children will know. The story has a young girl and her cat in it and the pictures are very pretty.

I like this story because many children have heard the song at least once, so they are engaged more in what I am reading. The book is a perfect book for pre schoolers and young elementary students.

When I read this to kids, I will first go over the classic song and ask them to sing along with me as I read. After the story, I will have them do some sort of activity either involving stars or space.

A book with the well known song twinkle twinkle little star, except it has a longer version that children seem to like. The pictures are with a little girl who is looking at the stars with her cat.

I like this story because the children already know the basic and can sing the song or read aloud with me. Also because it is a board book my smaller toddlers can have a chance to hold it and look it over.

Children can sing the song as you read the story, and there are many art projects that can be made with stars such as sand art. colored sand and glue with a basic star shape. This is a good story if you are teaching shapes also.