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The House in the Night
CCBC Review:
This “song about the starry dark” begins with a young girl arriving home in the evening. The spare, cumulative story builds: “In the house burns a light. / In that light rests a bed.” On the bed is a book, and through the pages of the story the girl embarks on a journey of the imagination, soaring with a bird through the night sky before she returns to the warmth and comfort of home. Striking black-and-white scratchboard illustrations are punctuated by judicious washes of gold that radiate warmth. These form both a backdrop for and a complement to the lyrical text, which resonates with sounds and images to savor in a comforting yet surprising journey toward day’s end. ©2008 Cooperative Children’s Book Center
Illustrated by Susan Marie Swanson
CCBC Age Recommendation: 2-5
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Bedtime
Imagination/Imaginary Play
Nighttime
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin
Publish Year: 2008
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9780618862443
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Swanson