Nan Adams attended The Mary Louis Academy, an all-girls high school in Jamaica Estates, New York. In her Senior year, she took a course in Children’s Literature and was given an as...ver maisNan Adams attended The Mary Louis Academy, an all-girls high school in Jamaica Estates, New York. In her Senior year, she took a course in Children’s Literature and was given an assignment to write a story for children. And so, Little Star was born. In addition to earning Nan a good grade, the reading of Little Star became an Adams family tradition celebrated on Christmas Eve and on January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany.ver menos