Twinkle Twinkle Little Kid

4.5 StarsAuthor Drew Daywalt (The Day the Crayons Quit) has a way with words. Twinkle Twinkle Little Kid starts out kind of schmaltzy, kind of nostalgic, and then it quickly morphs into “real.” Once the boy (Clyde) starts talking to the star, it feels as if the dreamlike haze is swept away and in rides a funny, and totally believable, conversation. It’s that jolt that really makes the book come alive.But as delightful as Daywalt’s text is, the book wouldn’t be anything without Molly Idle’s (Flora and the Flamingo) colored-pencil artwork. Idle’s illustration have the feel of classic animation. They’re expressive and buoyant and overall lovely.Twinkle Twinkle Little Kid isn’t a bedtime story. OK. It could technically be one, but it’s more a story of friendship and finding it in the most unexpected of places.