About this ebook
A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home in this 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.
Ratings and reviews
3.8
4 reviews
Signe Van Slyke
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November 13, 2023
Bad copy of a BEAUTIFUL book. The pictures are dull and only in Black and White. The book has beautiful touches of yellow throughout. I'm trying to find a way to get a refund.
Marc Delaney
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February 3, 2014
About the author
Susan Marie Swanson is an award-winning poet and the author of several children's books. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Beth Krommes is the Caldecott Winning illustrator of The House in the Night and other beautifully illustrated, much-acclaimed picture books like Swirl by Swirl, and Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow. She lives in Peterborough, NH. Visit www.bethkrommes.com.
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