Stellarphant

Written & illustrated by James Foley

🇦🇺🇳🇿 Australia/NZ edition:
published by Fremantle Press, 2nd November 2021
ISBN: 9781760990732 (hardcover)

🇹🇷 Turkish edition: ‘Yildizfilosu’
published by İthaki Çocuk, December 2021
Translator: İdil Koçak
ISBN: 9786257360487 (paperback)

🇺🇸🇨🇦 USA/Canada edition:
published by Kane Miller Books, 1st January 2022
ISBN: 9781684644247 (hardcover)

🇹🇼 Taiwanese edition:
想當太空人的大象 (‘Elephants who want to be Astronauts’), 小宇宙文化 (published by Small Universe Culture), April 2023
Translator: Cai Xinyu
ISBN: 9786267208274 (hardcover)

🇰🇷 South Korean edition:
코끼리 스텔라 우주 비행사가 되다
(‘Elephant Stella Becomes an Astronaut’), 비룡소 (published by Biryongso), September 2023
Translator: Shin Soo-jin
ISBN: 9788949114392 (hardcover)

🇳🇱 Dutch edition: ‘Sterrefant’
published by De Vier Windstreken, November 2023
Translator: Hedi de Zanger
ISBN: 9789051169751 (hardcover)

🇨🇳 Chinese edition:
太空大象星黛拉 (‘Space Star Elephant Della’), 海豚出版社 (published by Dolphin Press), September 2024
Translator: Sun Peng
ISBN: 9787511070005 (hardcover)

🇮🇹 Italian edition: ‘Astrofantastica’
published by Giralangolo, October 2025
Translator: Miriam Pedata
ISBN: 9791223702260 (hardcover)

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Heroes come in all shapes, sizes and species.

Stella wants to be an astronaut. There is only one problem: Stella is an elephant.

Every time she applies to Space Command, they come up with a new reason she can’t join. But where there’s a will, there’s a way and Stella is determined to reach for the stars.

Does she have the right stuff?

Read an excerpt here.

Teacher Resources

Awards

Shortlist, 2023 KOALA Awards, Picture Book category
Shortlist, 2023 YABBA Awards, Picture Book category
Shortlist, 2023 KROC Awards, Picture Book category
Honour Book, 2022 Children’s Book Council of Australia, Picture Book of the Year
Winner, 2022 Children’s Book Council of Australia Sun Project: Shadowers’ Choice Awards, Picture Book of the Year
Selection, International Youth Library’s White Ravens List 2022
#36, Better Reading Top 50 Kids Books of 2022
Shortlist, 2021 WA Premier’s Book Awards, The Premier’s Prize for Writing for Children
Shortlist, 2023 WA Young Readers’ Book Awards, Picture Book category
Shortlist, 2021 Aurealis Awards, Best Children’s Fiction
Shortlist, 2022 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Crystal Kite Award (members’ choice), Australia/New Zealand region
Shortlisted Book, Speech Pathology Australia, 2022 Book of the Year Award
Longlist, 2023 Taco Awards, Best Character in a Children’s Book