A sweet book about a girl who's perfectly happy to live in a trailer home until some meanies call it a "tin can" and make her feel ashamed. Luckily, she meets some sweet kids who think her home is cool and that lifts her spirits. ( )

Stella loves her silver home, until some weasels come by and make fun of it. Stella's mom takes the sting out of their words, and Stella finds people who appreciate the specialness of her home. ( )

a bit of whimsy from Rosemary Wells. ( )

“Stella’s Starliner” is about a fox family, a father, a mother, and a daughter, that live in a silver trailer. Stella, the daughter, loves her home but other animals disagree with how she could love her home. Stella is very ashamed and sad about what the other animals said, but her mother comforts her and somehow magically solves the problem and Stella loves her home once again. The central message is to always be grateful for what you have and one’s man trash is another man’s treasure (or silver in this story). ( )

I wanted to like this book more than I did--especially because Rosemary Wells is the author/illustrator. I also liked how it presented a family where the dad had to travel away for work--which is quite common these days. However, when we got to the bullying aspects, there was no resolution. They move the starliner to somewhere else and Stella is accepted. Sometimes we cannot remove ourselves that drastically from bullying situations.