Laura is often lonely, longing for a friend of her own. One night she sees a falling star and runs outside to find it lying, damaged on the pavement. Taking it upstairs, she mends it and puts it on her pillow, knowing she has found a friend at last.
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Klaus Baumgart lives with his family in Berlin. The LAURA series has had multi-million sales worldwide, and has been broadcast on TV throughout Europe, including in the UK. Klaus Baumgart was the first German author/illustrator to be shortlisted for the Children's Book Award in 1999 for Laura's Star.
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