Lauras Stern (Laura's Star) is a German children's book series by Klaus Baumgart. It was first published in October 1996. The story is about the five year old Laura who finds an injured star. After patching it up they go on a lot of adventures together. The popular series was animated into a children's television series,that ran from November 22, 2002 until 2011.In 2004 a same-titled motion picture was released. [2]