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THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT

THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT Hardcover - 2008 - 1st Edition

by SWANSON, Susan Marie

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A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home, in this bedtime book for young children. Full color.

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Houghton Mifflin, 2008. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Beth Krommes tri-color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD 2008 Houghton Mifflin hardcover (pictorial boards - NO DJ), first edition, 2nd printing. Caldecott Medal. Tri-color (black, white, gold) illustrations by Beth Krommes. CONTENT: This Caldecott Medal-winning picture book gets children ready for bed with rhythmic text and glowing illustrations that explore the warmth and light that makes us feel at home. Inside the house are nighttime things both comforting and intriguing-a bed, many books-and outside, too, there are sources of light and joy-the moon, the sky-that reveal a reassuring order in the universe. This timeless bedtime tale takes readers through the house in the night, up into the sky, and back home again, all the while reminding us of the presence of love and wonder in our world. Susan Marie Swanson's spare verse and Beth Kromme's astonishing illustrations intertwine to create a comforting, magical story to revisit again and again. K - 3
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Details

  • Title THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT
  • Author SWANSON, Susan Marie
  • Illustrator Beth Krommes tri-color illustrations
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1st Edition 2nd Printing
  • Condition New
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Boston
  • Date 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 003383
  • ISBN 9780618862443 / 0618862447
  • Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.24 x 7.95 x 0.44 in (26.01 x 20.19 x 1.12 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 180
  • Themes
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Dwellings, Night
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007012921
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

Summary

A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home in this Caldecott Medal-winning bedtime book for young children. Naming nighttime things that are both comforting and intriguing to preschoolers—a key, a bed, the moon—this timeless book illuminates a reassuring order to the universe.

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Excerpt

Here is the key to the house In the house burns a light In that light rests a bed On that bed waits a book . . .

Media reviews

"Krommes’s widening perspective manages to exude both comfort and daring." -- New York Times Book Review
 
"Here the art is spectacular. Executed in scratchboard decorated in droplets of gold, Krommes’ illustrations expand on Swanson’s reassuring story (inspired by a nursury rhyme that begins, “This is the key of the kingdom”) to create a world as cozy inside a house as it is majestic outside."--Booklist, starred review
 
"Inspired by traditional cumulative poetry, Swanson weaves a soothing song that is as luminescent and soulful as the gorgeous illustrations that accompany her words. . . . It is a masterpiece that has all the hallmarks of a classic that will be loved for generations to come."--School Library Journal, starred review
 
"Krommes’s breathtaking scratchboard illustrations, in black and white with accents of yellow and gold, embody and enhance the text’s message that light and dark, like comfort and mystery, are not mutually exclusive, but integral parts of each other."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
 
"This volume's artful simplicity, homely wisdom and quiet tone demonstrate the interconnected beauty and order of the world in a way that both children and adults will treasure."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
 
"...in another standout performance by an illustrator, Beth Krommes makes a case for The House in the Night with scratchboard images that are themselves a throwback, but with a welcome kind of familiarity... I can see a night-skittish child taking comfort in this story at bedtime."-- The Washington Post (online)
 
"[A] book of stunning visual simplicity . . . The pictures themselves seem to reach out from domesticity toward infinity."--Liz Rosenberg, Boston Sunday Globe
 
"It's Wanda Gag meets Virginia Lee Burton.  And gorgeous.  Did I mention gorgeous?  Gorgeous."-- Fuse 8 Production (online), by Betsy Bird
 
"[Swanson] has a lyrical style all her own, complemented by Krommes' starkly stunning scratchpaper drawings."-- StarTribune

Citations

  • ALA Notable Children's Books, 03/15/2009, Page 21
  • Booklist, 04/15/2008, Page 46
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2009, Page 16
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 10/01/2008, Page 287
  • Kirkus Best Children's Books, 11/15/2008, Page 20
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 04/01/2008, Page 372
  • New York Times Book Review, 02/15/2009, Page 15
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/12/2008, Page 53
  • Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/03/2008, Page 33
  • School Library Journal, 04/01/2008, Page 123

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