One night as an old man gazes at the sky, he notices that one of the stars is missing. His attention is soon diverted, however, when he is startled by Kileken, a young boy who seems to appear out of nowhere. After he offers Kileken a place to stay, the old man is amazed by the work the boy manages to accomplish, and he begins to question where the boy came from. His curiosity turns out to be a fatal flaw. This hauntingly beautiful, traditional Maasai story, retold by an Arusha Maasai writer who grew up in Tanzania, is accompanied by breath-taking, textured oil paintings. (Ages 4-7)

Seaching the sky for a familiar star, an old man encounters a mysterious boy, Kileken. As he comes to love the boy as a son, he agrees to let him keep the one thing he owns: a secret. "A lyrically retold story, illustrated with richly luminous paintings." -- Booklist