Talk Guide

Story 1: The North Star

Long ago, when the sky was completely empty, there was one lonely star that never left its place. Read the story

Questions to ask

1. Why is the North Star special?
2. What secret was hidden in the white light of Polaris?
3. What do you think the tiny warm light on Earth was?
4. In what are you as steady as the North Star?

Something to do at home

On a clear night, go outside with your child and look for the Big Dipper (in the UK, the Plough), then follow its two pointer stars to the North Star. The "Tonight's Sky" tool shows where to look from your city.

Story 2: The First Hug

The little light on Earth belonged to a newborn baby — and that night, Polaris learned the most important rule of all. Read the story

Questions to ask

1. When the baby cried, who comforted the baby?
2. Why didn't the ray of light go inside the cottage?
3. What rule did Polaris make? Say it in your own words.
4. Who are "your people" — the ones you can go anywhere with?

Something to do at home

Sit with your child and make a short list called "My People": only the people they may go somewhere with. Explain that if anyone else — even someone they know — wants to take them somewhere, they always ask one of these people first.

Story 3: Seven Stars Wake Up

Polaris saw seven things a growing child needs, and woke seven stars in seven colors. That is how S7 began. Read the story

Questions to ask

1. How many colors did the white light split into? Can you name them all?
2. Which sage would you most like to meet today, and why?
3. What is the true sign of the sages?
4. Who do the sages always come through?

Something to do at home

Put a glass of water in the sunshine and look at the white paper beneath it, or tilt an old CD in the sun. Show your child the seven colors hiding in white light — just like the light of Polaris.

Game: Real or Trickster?

Play this game sitting together with your child.

1. After each situation, ask: "What would you do?"
2. For the Shade situations, ask: "How did you know?" (coming alone, secrets, rushing, gifts, stopping you asking grown-ups)
3. Afterwards, agree on who your child will tell first, and have them say that person's name out loud.