The night is deep and wide

Gillian Sze, 1985-

Book - 2021

"Stunning illustrations complement this poetic lullaby that encourages young readers to rest their heads and be soothed to sleep."--

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Subjects
Genres
Stories in rhyme
Picture books
Board books
Published
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Gillian Sze, 1985- (author)
Other Authors
Sue Todd (illustrator)
Item Description
A poem.
On board pages.
Cover title.
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations, some color ; 18 cm
Issued also in electronic formats
ISBN
9781459824812
Contents unavailable.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

It's time to sleep, and all of life knows it in this spare, sleepy-making board book written in villanelle form. As "shadows grow" at dusk, a dark-haired child picking blooms witnesses tulips closing as fireflies "flit and glow," young songbirds cuddle "against their mothers' sides," and "even the home slumps and sighs low." Visually recalling Nikki McClure's use of negative space, b&w linocut art by Todd, featuring minimal splashes of color, complements Sze's gentle words, which confidently engage the verse form's rhyme and repetition: "Tulips close, row by row.// Moonlight falls/ on eyes that close." As tulips shut and animals slumber, the protagonist arrives home to curl up, too, settling in for the night with a vase of the tulips on the bedside table. A lovely visual lullaby to soothe youngest readers to sleep. Ages up to 2. (Mar.)

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