Title: The House in the Night
Author: Susan Marie Swanson
Illustrator: Beth Krommes
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Year: 2008
ISBN: 978-0618862443
Genre: fiction
Topics: bedtime, fantasy, imagination, light, night, family, home
Age Group: 2-6
Awards: Caldecott Medal (2009), ALA Notable Children's Book (2009)
Dewey Category: 811.54
Format: Picture book
Although the text may be sparse, the story that The House in the Night presents is one that will be a enjoyable, slumbering journey for young readers. As the sun sets and a young girl receives a key to a house that beings to light up just as the sun sets. She heads towards to the light and discovers a book and from there we are captured and enamored just as the little girl is in this story within a story…where the adventure takes us is all that is left to discover.
The illustrations of The House in the Night are incredibly effective; the black and white illustrations with accents of gold and yellow enhance the story and the journey that follows.
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