STARDUSTERS

Two little angeles are in BIG trouble! Arin and Avery are forever fighting. Even Sarge, the head angel, can't make them behave. But when they accidentally spill stardust and it cascades toward Earth, they face real trouble for the first time and have to learn to work together.F   From the PublisherJust how offbeat an angel story is STARDUSTERS? It's a winter's tale about angels and the origin of snow with no references to Christmas. Arin and Avery, the young angel-protagonists, are constantly fighting, bickering and competing with one another. The authoritarian "straight man" is a burly, earring-wearing angel named Sarge. (Even he can't make Arin and Avery behave.) Singhalaka was selected to illustrate STARDUSTERS partly because there are no angels in Thai culture. Working in a happy, pie-in-your-face style, she developed an original vision of these fantastic beings unhindered by Western preconceptions.F