Simple text presents sea stars.

Text and photographs introduce some of the different kinds of starfish and urchins.

A young girl finds a starfish on the beach and wants to show it to her mother at home, but doesn't want to take it from its home. With encouragement from her dad and a little imagination, Ana is able to let the sea star go and yet keep it with her at the same time.

Defines echinoderms, such as sand dollars and crown-of-thorns sea stars, and describes their physical characteristics, life cycles, habitats, sense, food, and means of self-defense.

With help from her undersea friends, a starfish travels to the sky where she wants to shine and dance like the other stars, but she quickly discovers that things are not always as they appear.

Sarah and her grandfather love to collect things that have washed up on the beach, but one morning after a huge storm, Sarah must decide what to do when she finds lots of starfish at the top of the beach.

"Stella the Starfish is a beautifully written and illustrated children's picture book. "Stella" was born out of a bedtime story routine that the author enjoyed with his step-daughter, Sarah. Together, they created this story about Stella the Starfish. Stella lives with her parents and her two siblings in the sea. Stella loves her family and her friends, and Stella loves to learn about new things at school. When Stella is taught about all of the things...