This, unfortunately, is only mentioned very briefly in the beginning before hitting again at the end and might go over some young listeners' heads until explained. While Stella is trying to keep the sun up to keep playing (which is something to think about), there's a long-distance friendship at play. Each spread carries the needed details to let Stella's world open up and switches seamlessly between the reality and fantasy. The hippo on her side is super cute and adds to the fantasy and fun-a talking hippo in sunglasses is definitely a treat. The illustrations are bright and let Stella's personality glow. This positivity stays all the way to the end thanks to an interesting and sweet twist. She just jumps right into the next attempt. When something doesn't seem to work out the way she hopes, there's no pouting or time for negative thoughts. I was glad to see that this doesn't change the entire book through, either. Stella is so full of energy and excitement that it's hard not to smile. It's not an easy task, but Stella is ready to take on the challenge.and that without her parents knowing what she's up to.

The only way to end this nonsense is to stop the sun from setting. Stella loves to do all sorts of activities, and she's not a fan of bedtime, since she has to sleep all night with nothing to do. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.Determination, clever ideas, and a trusty friend at the side are all this girl needs to take on the sun and convince it to stay. The book, Stella Keeps the Sun Up ISBN# 9781534487857 in Hardcover by Clothilde Ewing may be ordered in bulk quantities.

But before long, Stella begins to wonder…are there downsides to keeping the sun up forever? They enact their magnificent, wonderful, genius plan, offering the sun a cup of coffee, shining a light at it so it will shine back, and jumping on a trampoline to reach the sun and push it higher. If she can keep the sun in the sky, she and her best friend, Roger, can stay up for a hundred years! People only have to go to bed when it gets dark, and it only gets dark because the sun goes down. And there are so many better things you could be doing. If Stella had her way, she would stop sleeping on her sixth birthday. In this incandescently fun, hijinks-filled picture book, a young girl schemes to keep the sun up in the sky so she never has to go to bed.

Stella keeps the sun up