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One Small Star: Lok's First Christmas
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 11 2026
Pages: 34
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.09 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Lok lives at the end of Maple Street, in the smallest house with the warmest windows. Her family came from a country where winter smelled of oranges and rain - no stockings, no snow songs, no Christmas. It isn't ours, little one, says Mama. Maybe next year, says Papa.
So on Christmas Eve, with her very last sheet of scarlet paper, Lok folds a star of her own. One fold, two folds, three. One small star. One quiet wish.
The star opens like an eye and shines - and something small and silver falls into the snow at her feet. A bell. Above her, tangled between the chimney pots, sits a sleigh, a reindeer with one empty space on its collar, and a very stuck Santa Claus.
Lok has no rope to free him - only the long red ribbon that tied her star. And when Santa offers her any present she likes, she cannot answer. She has never had a Christmas. She has no idea what to ask for.
Then Santa's guiding star falls out of the sky, and without it he cannot find a single house. Lok looks at the only Christmas she has ever had - the small star shining in her window.
And she gives it away.
A warm, luminous story about the Christmas you make yourself - and the one you give away.
Perfect for:
- Bedtime read-alouds with children ages 4 to 8
- Families celebrating a first Christmas, or a Christmas all their own
- Gently teaching generosity, empathy and the joy of giving
- Anyone who loves quiet, classic picture books
Inside this book:
- 30 hand-painted watercolour and ink illustrations, edge to edge on every page
- A soft, rhythmic read-aloud text - about 6 to 7 minutes at bedtime
- A refrain little ones can join in on: One small star. One quiet wish.
- 32 pages - square 8.5 x 8.5 in - premium colour on white paper
One Small Star: Lok's First Christmas is a read-aloud Christmas picture book for ages 4-8, and a gentle answer to a big question: what do you give a child who has nothing to give?
Merry first Christmas, Lok.
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