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Stella, Star Explorer

Illustrated by Kelly Leigh Miller

About The Book

From the author of I Love My Fangs! and I Love My Fur! comes a charming, out-of-this-world picture book about a young girl’s galactic adventure and the aliens who show her there’s no place like home.

Stella is tired of living on Earth. She’s seen it all, and it’s boring. So she builds herself a rocket ship and blasts off into space with her dog, Luna—they deserve a change of scenery! But a chance encounter with some alien friends leads to a tour of the galaxy that helps put things into perspective. Could Earth have more going for it than Stella thought?

About The Author

Photograph © Emily Portugal

Kelly Leigh Miller is an illustrator and author who loves everything cute and whimsical. She is the author of the Cloud Puppy series, I Love My Fangs!, I Love My Fur!, I Love My Magic!, and many more books. Visit her online at KellyLeighMiller.com.

About The Illustrator

Photograph © Emily Portugal

Kelly Leigh Miller is an illustrator and author who loves everything cute and whimsical. She is the author of the Cloud Puppy series, I Love My Fangs!, I Love My Fur!, I Love My Magic!, and many more books. Visit her online at KellyLeighMiller.com.

Why We Love It

“Kelly Leigh Miller’s art and humor are always most delightful, and she turns them now to a story about loving the place we’re in and the people we’re surrounded by.”

—Justin C., SVP, Publisher, on Stella, Star Explorer

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (May 24, 2022)
  • Length: 40 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781534497689
  • Ages: 4 - 8

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Awards and Honors

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