Stars Above Us

This is a cute story about a father and daughter's relationship. The little girl in the story is afraid of the dark and her dad takes her outside to show her all the good things that live in the dark, like fireflies and stars. Then her dad puts stars on her ceiling to bring those good things from outside into her dark scary room. Amanda and her dad spend more time together in the book and then her dad goes off to war. Amanda is concerned about him, but she hopes on her lucky star and he comes home safe and sound. 

This might be a good book if I was teaching in town where there were military kids who had fathers who went to war, or this might be a good book to read on fathers day. The artwork is made up of beautiful watercolor paintings similar to Pinkney's Little Match Girl. This would also be a good book for talking about science and outer space since it talks about different constellations.