Review by Booklist Review
A cavalcade of animals heads toward a cozy homecoming in this lyrical, serenely illustrated bedtime story.
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Soothingly repetitive text and comforting illustrations combine in what PW called ``a wonderfully appealing bedtime book.'' Ages 2-6. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-- Stars are sprinkled across a black sky, with crescent moon on high, as one by one a cat, a monkey, a camel, a dog, a seagull, and a bear appear singly against an appropriate backdrop, then reappear to form a procession. The question is asked, and repeated, where do they go when night comes? The answer each time: they are on their way home. The warmth engendered by the simple text envelops readers in a blanket of coziness and reassurance. The final scenes reveal that all of the animals are actually stuffed toys cuddled around a sleeping little boy, and, indeed, they are home. The text appears in white against a black page framed with Amish quilt colors. The color pencil pictures are naif, uncluttered, with just enough detail to engage sleepy readers. A thoroughly beguiling bedtime book which will assure many snuggly tucked in children contented dreams. --Phyllis G. Sidorsky, National Cathedral School, Washington, D . C . (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
Weiss's cozy bedtime book is sure to make its way into younger hands (if it hasn't already) in this new board book format. The lilting, repetitious text and appropriately dusky colored pencil illustrations maintain their original presentation--even the star-speckled endpapers are included in this production. A fine choice for young nappers and resistant sleepyheads. From HORN BOOK Spring 1999, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
When the lights go down/On the city street,/Where does the white cat go, honey?/Where does the white cat go?"" On successive dark, luminous doublespreads, the same. question is asked about other, mysteriously unrelated animals: a monkey in the jungle; a camel in the desert; a dog in a junkyard; a bear; even a seagull. All are pictured beneath the same moon, and all--according to the reiterated refrain, as the accumulating group is seen traveling across the page, with a white cat taking the lead--are going home. Only in the last picture does everything make sense: these are toy animals, joining a child in bed. Simple, quiet, lovely, perfectly composed. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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