“Stjernevenner” er en serie om magi, dyr og venskab.
Det her er første bind i serien, hvor færre og færre mennesker tror på magi, så otte unge dyr stjernedyr bliver sendt til vores verden for at finde sig en stjerneven, - et menneske, der tror på magi. Et menneske de kan lære magi, og som kan kæmpe mod dem, der dyrker den mørke magi.
Vi møder Maja, der er i sorg efter sin mormors død. Hun tager med sin mor ud til mormors hus, hvor hun går en tur i skoven og ser en ræv med smukke blå øjne. Det er starten på Majas eventyr med sin nye stjerneven, ræven Bregne, som hun kan tale med. Hun håber virkelig, at hendes to bedste veninder også har potentiale til at blive stjernevenner.
Den er god til de børn, der er fan af serier som “Det hemmelige rige”, “Snesøstre” og “Enhjørningefeer”.
Temaerne dyr, magi og venskab er meget populære hos målgruppen, og med de virkelig fine illustrationer vil denne være det samme. Den anbefales til højtlæsning fra 6 år og selvlæsning fra når barnet er færdig med letlæsning (fra cirka 9 år afhængig af barnet).
Der findes seks bøger i serien, og indtil videre er to af dem blevet oversat

Meine Meinung:

Kennt ihr „das magische Baumhaus“? Die Geschichte hat mich auf nostalgische Weise daran erinnert. Dies waren nämlich als Kind meine absoluten Lieblingsbücher! Das Setting in diesem magischen Wald und das Abenteuer, das sie erlebten war echt spannend! Normalerweise lese ich ja keine Kinderbücher und finde (zwar sehr selten) auch Fantasyromane für Erwachsene „schwach“. Deshalb hat es mich umso mehr begeistert, dass dieses Buch mich so „packen“ konnte. Klar, auf eine ganz andere Weise als Bücher für mein Alter – aber trotzdem eine tolle Geschichte. Da es natürlich sehr gross geschrieben war und einen einfachen Schreibstil hatte, brauchte ich nur eine halbe Stunde um sie zu lesen. Also auch echt mal was für zwischendurch – auch für junge Erwachsene! ☺️

Zum Schreibstil:

Hierzu sage ich nicht viel. Wie erwähnt sehr einfach gehalten und ohne viele Fremdbegriffe oder schwierigen, langen Sätze. Locker leichte Geschichte für ca. Grundschulalter.

Sonstiges:

Im Buchinneren findet ihr übrigens wunderschön gezeichnete Illustrationen von Lucy Fleming!

Mein Fazit:

Eine wirklich süsse und schöne Geschichte, die es zwar nicht in meine Jahreshighlights schafft aber ich sehr genossen habe. Wäre in jüngerem Alter bestimmt ein ganz grosser Favorit von mir gewesen! Das Cover finde ich auch so toll, weshalb es einen Stern mehr bekommt.

Auch Band zwei war wieder richtig süss! Die Katze war einfach zucker! 😀

This is a cute, clean read for younger readers.

Are you a young girl? Do you like magic? Animals? Friendships? Then, this is going to be your next favorite novel!

Maia and her friends discover magical talents, make friends with talking animals, and go around saving the world. As an older reader, it was all rather shallow, involving sudden, wonderous magical abilities and quick, miraculous solutions. The characters also felt young for Year Six. Admittedly, as an American, I have no idea how old that is. I get the feeling it’s older than second or third grade, though, which was how old Maia and her friends behaved.
Younger girls will love every minute of it. The adventures, the magical animals, the friendships, the suspense. The pictures, characters, and content are prefect for young readers, as well.
In addition to the magic, there’s an interesting friendship twist as well. Ionie is a mean girl that Maia discovers is really just lonely. Maia is far from heroic in her behavior towards Ionie. Constantly looks for excuses why she can’t include her, and not behaving any differently towards her even after hearing that she desperately needs a friend.

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Towards the end of the novel, Ionie saves Maia and her friends’ lives, and takes a step towards them. However, I was disappointed by Maia and her friends’ response, which was basically to continue ignoring her as before, despite the similarities between them, and despite the eternal gratitude they should have towards her. (I mean, she did save their lives).

I would’ve loved to see them become her friend.
I can only hope the next 12 books in the series make up for this.

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Content: clean
Scary scenes involving

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a Shade in a mirror that overtakes Maia’s sister’s mind, and later gets out of his mirror and tries to harm Maia. He’s defeated.

Because of this mirror, Clio’s sister obsesses over her looks,

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for quite a few scenes until the mirror is destroyed, and then she’s magically better

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Maia and her friends consistently ignore the mean girl, who they discover is just lonely.
Clio once mentions a famous YouTuber couple who broke up.
The story involves magic, talking animals and shades. Maia is told she can see the future.

10/5 i love this BOOOK! Now i want a star friend

Reading this series with my daughter and really enjoying it. We love the element of magic & fantasy!

I read these books aloud to my five year old daughter. She loves the story. I think that she is around the perfect age for the books and I find it valuable to discuss with her some of the themes. I think older kids (who this is probably geared towards like 8-10) would find this a bit predictable. Overall they are really cute books even if they are repetitive.