Re-released in paperback, this title introduces confident little duck heroine, Celestine, as she prepares for her big moment in the school play. But when the time comes, poor Celestine is struck by terrible stage fright and forgets her one line (which turns out to be simply, 'The End'!). Undefeated, she improvises with a special dance and is a huge success. Her self-belief is only slightly dented, and in a touching goodnight ending, her mother tells her she'll always be a star to her.
Penny Ives trained at Bath Academy of Art and Brighton Art School. She now works
full-time as an illustrator, and has published books with Puffin and Child's Play, as
well as Templar. Penny lives and works in Bath, where she shares an untidy house
with her tall and still-growing teenage son, three cats the size of small horses and
two giant goldfish.