The House in the Night
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Book Description
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.
Book Information
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company |
Binding | Hardcover (4 editions) |
Reading Level | Ages 4-8 |
# of Pages | 40 |
ISBN-10 | 0618862447 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0618862443 |
Publication Date | 05/05/2008 |
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About Beth Krommes (Illustrator) : Beth Krommes is a published illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Beth Krommes include The House in the Night, The Sun in Me PB, Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Mea... more
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7/25/2009 Nancy Smith said: Beautifully predictable for young readers. Illustrations are attention grabbing for children of all ages. Caldecott winner 2008.
tags: Inspired me, I read
tags: Inspired me, I read
5/1/2009 SJ Kessel said:
Swanson, S.M. (2008). The House in the Night. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
0618862447
This gentle poem was inspired by the classic nursery rhymes collected by the Opies in the 1950s. And it has that old-school feel. So do the illustrations, which, while mainly black and white, also feat... more
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