Summary
Teach little ones about overcoming fears and appreciating the beauty in all things—even the dark—with this poignant picture book about finding wonder in the nighttime.
Everyone was afraid of the Dark and pushed it away, wishing the Dark would leave. So one day, the Dark left and did not return. The Dark was done.
At first, nobody misses the Dark. But a young boy starts to miss creatures of the night: crickets singing and owls hooting and bats flying. He decides to go look for …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781534462922 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1534462929 |
| Author: | Lauren Stringer |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Beach Lane Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 18 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 499g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 235mm x 279mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
“Bedtime fears? Meet your match in this tale of a cuddly, anthropomorphized darkness.”
“Bedtime fears? Meet your match in this tale of a cuddly, anthropomorphized darkness.” – Kirkus Reviews * 08/01/2022 *
“Stringer’s watercolor illustrations beautifully capture a world bathed in both stark light and soft darkness, and her lyrical text, with a storyteller’s cadence, calls out for repeated readings.” – Horn Book Magazine * 11/1/2022 *
Lauren Stringer
Lauren Stringer has illustrated many celebrated picture books, including The Tiny Thing by Ellen Tarlow; Deer Dancer by Mary Lyn Ray; The Princess and Her Panther by Wendy Orr; Scarecrow and Snow, both written by Cynthia Rylant; as well as her own Winter Is the Warmest Season, When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky, The Dark Was Done, and An Abundance of Light. She lives with her family in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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