The Night is Like an Animal

by Candace Whitman

Book Overview

Vivid collage illustrations complement a soothing bedtime poem that celebrates the beauty of Night, in the form of an animal, as it makes its way around the world, bringing sleep to children... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374355215
• ISBN13: 9780374355210
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A warm and conforting bedtime poem, beautifully illustrated

What threat or fear could emanate from a Night whose "happy sigh...starts the evening breezes and blows the moon up high"? In this gentle, rhyming story, Night comes on large, furry paws and moves slowly through a landscape both earthly and heavenly. Night is the guardian of rest and dreams, as soft as a comforter. The tale of Night's sweet embrace of the world is painted in moist, springtime colors, opening young imaginations to vistas of trees, mountains and sky. The words and images of the poem have immediacy and clarity, and are a rhythmic counterpart to the evocative pictures with their touch of nighttime mystery. This is a book that could easily become part of a child's happy bedtime routine, like cuddling a Teddy or stroking a cheek with a blanket.