When the Stars Came Home
Written by Brittany Luby
Illustrated by Natasha Donovan
Published by Manda, Little Brown & Company
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
When Ojiig moves to the city with his family, he misses everything they left behind. Most of all, he misses the sparkling night sky. Without the stars watching over him, he feels lost. His parents try to help, but nothing seems to work. Not glow-in-the-dark sticker stars, not a star-shaped nightlight. But then they have a new idea for how to make Ojiig feel better — a special quilt stitched through with family stories that will wrap Ojiig in the warmth of knowing who he is and where he came from. Join this irresistible family as they discover the power of story and tradition to make a new place feel like home.
BRITTANY LUBY
Brittany Luby is the author of four children’s picture books, including When the Stars Came Home, Mnoomin Maan’gowing/The Gift of Mnoomin, Mii mandaa ezhi-gkendmaanh/This Is How I Know, and Encounter.
Luby is also the author of historical non-fiction for adult readers. Her book Dammed has been described as “thoughtful, deeply researched, and urgent”” and inspires individuals to “”think deeply about how a pathway to reconciliation needs to be bathed in… reciprocity.””
Luby has won numerous awards for both her fiction and non-fiction writing, including the Blueberry Award (2023), the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Picture Book Award (2022), the Best Book in Canadian Environmental History (2022), and the Governor-General’s History Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research (2021).
In 2023, Luby was made a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists. She works as a professor of History at the University of Guelph.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: brittany.luby@uoguelph.ca
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Picture Books
When the Stars Came Home (New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2023)
The Gift of Mnoomin (Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2023)
This Is How I Know (Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2021)
Encounter (New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2019)
French Translation
La Terre me parle (Markham: Éditions Scholastic, 2021)
Ligne de trappe (Markham: Éditions Scholastic, 2021)
Historical Non-Fiction (Adult)
Manomin: Caring for Ecosystems and Each Other (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, forthcoming November 2024).
Dammed: The Politics of Loss and Survival in Anishinaabe Territory (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2020).
NATASHA DONOVAN
Natasha Donovan is a Métis illustrator with a focus on comics and children’s illustration. She has illustrated several award-winning children’s books including The Sockeye Mother by Brett Huson and the graphic novel Surviving the City by Tasha Spillett-Sumner. She has a degree in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, and has worked in academic and magazine publishing. She currently lives in Bellingham, Washington.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Website: https://www.natashadonovan.com/
BIBLIOGRAPHY
When I Was Young in Nunavut: Inuktitut (2020)
When I Was Young in Nunavut: English (2021)
Drawn to Change the World (2023)
The Frog Mother (2021)
The Eagle Mother (2020)
The Grizzly Mother (2019)
The Raven Mother (2022)
The Wolf Mother (2021)
The Sockeye Mother (2017)
The Bee Mother (2024)
…and more!
