Lil Glimmer

by Angela Muse, James McCullough (Illustrator)

Lil Glimmer is the story of a star who learns patience and sharing. He gets frustrated when he doesn't get his way, but in the end he listens to his mother and realizes that waiting and taking his turn is the right thing to do. These lessons can be hard to accept as a toddler, but this story helped me illustrate the principles of patience and sharing to my own children. This book is intended for toddlers and preschool aged children.

Genres: Childrens

Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

I was born in California to a military family. This meant that I was the "new kid" in school every couple of years. It was hard always trying to make new friends, but I discovered I had a knack for writing. I began writing poetry in high school and really enjoyed expressing myself by using pen and paper. After becoming a Mom in 2003, I continued my storytelling to my own children. In 2009 I wrote and published my first children's book aimed at toddlers. In 2012 I am set to release several more children's books. Check out what I'm working on by visiting my children's book blog.

I also write a blog about living on a gluten-free diet. I love to cook so I share my recipe successes and failures as I continue living without gluten.

Writing is such a wonderful creative process and I look forward to sharing more of my stories with lots of new little readers!

Reviews

[Svetlana Kovalkova-McKenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is just a perfect good night book to read to a busy toddler! Especially to the one who protests going to bed. The story has a gentle rhyme to it, so as you read it out loud it almost feels like you are singing a lullaby with a useful life lesson for the little one: the stars sleep during the day and come out to play and shine at night, while people do the opposite. Lil Glimmer is adorable and easy to love. The illustrations are beautiful and bright with lots of contrasting colors to attract a young child's attention. I can see this book read over and over to some lucky toddler.
Also, I wanted to add, that I enjoyed the rhyme of the story tremendously and would love to see more books from this author with rhyme in them.

[Erik This Kid Reviews Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lil Glimmer wanted to play when the sun was still up in the sky, but his Mommy said that it’s time for little stars to sleep. Stars play at night and day-time is time for Lil Glimmer to go to bed. Lil Glimmer didn’t want to go to bed but he listened to his Mom and snuggled up in a cloud. When it got dark Mommy star woke Glimmer up and said it was time to play. Lil Glimmer played with the moon and rode a comet and realized his Mom was right, night-time is the best time for a little star.

The Lil Glimmer story was very cute and the illustrations were simple but very nice. I especially liked Mommy Star and her lipstick and necklace. I think this book would be a great bed-time story book for any kid. There were not a lot of words on any page so a kid just learning to read would be able to read it for him or her self too. Parents and kids will enjoy Lil Glimmer!

[Phillip Whittington · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a lovely little children’s book this is.
The verses are smooth and flow well with a storyline that brought a smile to my face as well as the children that I read it to.
The artwork is big, bright and captivating, and the creativity of the artist fully brings the characters of the story to life.
I like the way that the author and artist have given personalities to Lil Glimmer and his mother, and feel that young children will relate to their interactions in a very positive way.
Good use of verse, colour and story telling make this story great fun for young children and a good bedtime read.

[Mymcbooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

My Review: What a cute book about patience and learning how to share. Glimmer the Star wanted to come out and play during the day but Mommy Star told Glimmer to wait for the darkness to come because it was the turn of the Sun to come out and play. This is a fun book to read to your child during bed time.

The illustrations by James McCullough are bright and bold and help tells the story.


Disclaimer: As per FTC guidelines, I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for my honest review. I received no monetary compensation. All opinions expressed here are mine and mine alone.

[Tima · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lil Glimmer is a star that wants to play and his mom won't let him because it's daytime and he needs to be in bed.

This book is really cute. I read it to my three and five year old children and they both enjoyed it. Even my son who is now reading chapter books enjoyed the rhyming and cute pictures. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I'd had a paper book with color pages, but it didn't seem to bother the kids that it was black and white on my kindle. When I finished the 3 year old asked me to read it again.

I received this book free of charge in exchange for my honest review.

[Shannon Gambino · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Lil Glimmer" is an adorable children's story with easy-to-read rhythmical words and vibrant illustrations. My children (ages 6 and 7, boy and girl, respectively) let me read it to them several times. It's a fun story about sharing with others, listening to your parent, and going to bed. The perfect target audience is birth through early elementary. I always love cute children's stories like this bedtime one. I look forward to reading more from Ms. Muse.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lil' Glimmer is a very cute children's book about a star who is impatient for his turn to play. His mother explains he must wait until nighttime when it is his turn, imparting a message of patience.

My daughter (18 months) really seemed to like the pictures and would pick this book out of her stack as a goodnight story pretty regularly. The also seems like it would be good for beginning readers.

Review copy provided by the author.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Free kindle download. Super cute rhyming book and illustrations.