Key Selling Points

• This bedtime board book helps children transition from daytime activity to bedtime restfulness.
• The story will appeal to children who like to do the opposite of what they’re asked, by directing them not to sleep.
• Caregivers and children alike will enjoy a story that reinforces the bedtime routine while also drawing it out.
• Depicting a steady, soothing, inevitable progression from the larger outdoor world of nature and play to the barnyard, home, bath and bed, When Stars Arise is warm and loving, observant and tender.

E.G. Alaraj grew up in the magical place that every child knows, where ideas look like pictures drawn from crayons, paint or ink and sound like stories from long ago and far away. The youngest of six girls in a homeschool family, she spent her childhood with her nose in storybooks, art books, music books, notebooks and trouble—especially trouble. In fact, she thinks trouble and imagination are best friends. E.G. lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Martyna Czub is an illustrator born in Poland. She graduated with a degree in art education and art therapy in Poland and moved to Canada in 2016, where she began her career as an artist. She loves to immerse herself in the world of stories and illustrations and is a big nature enthusiast. It is in nature that she constantly discovers new secrets and stories, which inspire her as she creates colorful and magical watercolor illustrations. Martyna lives in Western Shore, Nova Scotia.

Marketing and Promotional Plans

• Print and online advertising campaigns
• Promotion at national and regional school, library and trade conferences
• Extensive ARC distribution, including NetGalley
• Blog and social media promotion
• Outreach in Orca newsletters

★“A stunning marriage of text and art that will linger with listeners as they slip into sleep...This melodic lullaby is warm and tender perfection.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“What a satisfying circularity from this team, providing reassurance for toddlers and preschoolers while offering parents or educators a natural path to explain how bedtime is bigger than one person’s wishes, but actually a rhythm of the universe...A sweet lullaby for story hour that could also kick off a discussion of diurnal and nocturnal rhythms.” - School Library Journal

“A tender little book you can easily welcome into your own little one’s bedtime routine. Recommended.” - CM: Canadian Review of Materials