Star Children

Star Children: A Story of Peace, Unity, and Conflict Resolution

What if children of the future were born already knowing the secret to peace?

Star Children is a heart-opening story that invites young and old readers to imagine a world where kindness, listening, and positive action replace conflict, fear, and division.

In this lively illustrated book about peace and unity, the “star children” see that conflict is like a fire—it takes fuel, words, and belief to keep it alive. They teach others that by removing just one element—angry words, old habits, or the belief that nothing can change—peace and harmony can grow instead.

Through conflict resolution woven into story form, people of all ages learn that respect, kindness, and cooperation are powerful tools for healing. The star children model positive action, listening, and unity, showing the way to a brighter, more caring world.

⭐ This inspiring book encourages:

• Conflict resolution skills through gentle storytelling
• Kindness and respect as daily practices
• Hope and positive action for readers everywhere
• Perfect for parents, teachers, and caregivers looking for children’s books about peace, harmony, and kindness, Star Children is ideal for story time, classrooms, and bedtime reading.
• Perfect to inspire young adults to create stories, games, art and theater to promote their vision of peace.
• Perfect inspiration for adults working on team-building skills.
• Perfect for recognizing what you already know about conflict resolutionand creating peace.

Give yourself the gift of hope, compassion, and the belief that your actions can change the world.

✨ Perhaps you know a star child. Perhaps you are one!

About the Author

Katherine Hitchcock lives in Seattle, Washington, and volunteers with the Seattle Giving Garden Network where gardeners grow and donate organic vegetables and herbs to the local food banks.

She had a 35-year career as a computer programmer for IBM in Silicon Valley which she documented in her book Atypical Girl Geek: A Memoir. While working for IBM, Katherine was an avid hiker, skier and backpacker. She spent many weekends in the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite and continues to find time for hiking and biking.

She helped raise her three step-children with her husband and their father, Edmund Downing. After the children were on their own, she and Edmund lived aboard their sailboat, S/V Volant, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where they telecommuted to their Silicon Valley jobs starting in 1995 – very early for telecommuting.

Katherine’s interest in watercolors began when she and Edmund moved aboard Volant. She took great joy in painting scenes that depicted their many travels. During their first cruise in the Bahamas, Katherine remembers waking up from a dream hearing “I want an art studio.” Thirty years later, in 2024, Katherine realized that dream by finding an art studio near her home in Seattle. She knew her first project would be to redraw and publish Star Children.