Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night
A Newbery Honor Award Winner
On Sale: 09/06/2010
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night
A Newbery Honor Award Winner
On Sale: 09/06/2010
Format:
Bulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)
Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts (NCTE)
Horn Book Fanfare
Newbery Honor Book
Kirkus Reviews Best Books
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor Book
ALA Notable Children’s Book
About the Book
A 2011 Newbery Honor Book
Come feel the cool and shadowed breeze,
come smell your way among the trees,
come touch rough bark and leathered leaves:
Welcome to the night.
Welcome to the night, where mice stir and furry moths flutter. Where snails spiral into shells as orb spiders circle in silk. Where the roots of oak trees recover and repair from their time in the light. Where the porcupette eats delicacies—raspberry leaves!—and coos and sings.
Come out to the cool, night wood, and buzz and hoot and howl—but do beware of the great horned owl—for it’s wild and it’s windy way out in the woods!
This Newbery Honor-winning picture book combines beautifully written poetry with facts of the forest and elaborate illustrations to form a marvelously engaging collection.
Critical Praise
"Allen's detailed yet moody prints encapsulate the mysteries and magic of the midnight hours. In Sidman's delicious poems, darkness is the norm, and there's nothing to fear but the rising sun."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"This is a fine collection for classroom use at any time, but it'll bring extra impact to those who can find a way to share it at dusk with the lights dimmed, watching through the windows as the nocturnal ballet begins outside."—The Bulletin, starred review
"This picture book combines lyrical poetry and compelling art with science concepts."—Booklist, starred review
"The dark lines of Allen's skillful lino cut prints make the perfect accompaniment to a book of night poems, with their subtle colors allowing the reader to seek out the creatures slowly, just as one's eye becomes accustomed to finding things in the dark."—The Horn Book, starred review
"The bookmaking is beautiful with the concept of night lending itself generously to poetry. "—School Library Journal
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9780547152288
- ISBN 10: 0547152280
- Imprint: Clarion Books
- On Sale: 09/06/2010
- Pages: 32
- List Price:21.99 CAD
- Ages: 6 to 9
- BISAC1 : JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc.
- BISAC2 : JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Birds
- BISAC3 : JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Biology
- BISAC4 : JUVENILE NONFICTION / Poetry / General
- BISAC5 : JUVENILE NONFICTION / Holidays & Celebrations / General (see also Religious / Christian / Holidays & Celebrations)
