Good Morning, Good Night
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Caldecott Honor–winning illustrator Anita Lobel introduces the concept of opposites with search and find elements in this picture book detailing the “rich, warm journey from morning to night” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) of a day spent in the city as seen through a child’s eyes.
We see a little dog step out of a door in a house.
We watch a large workman climb out of a hole in the street.
Look up there! A big bird is hovering high above a column.
See down here! Little birds are pecking below a fire hydrant.
Take a stroll through town and see all that makes the city go while finding the opposites in the illustrations in this sweet and entertaining picture book.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A family day out in a city that evokes New York is narrated by a light-brown-skinned child who spends the story's first panels waiting impatiently for their parents to wake up: "Good morning? NOT YET." But after Mama, portrayed with brown skin, and pale Papa shower together and have coffee, exchanging a sweet smile, they're ready to "look and see." The day is filled with perceptions, observations, and contrasting elements: "Look up there! A big bird is hovering high above a column.// See down here! Tiny birds are pecking below a fire hydrant." Paneled illustrations in gouache with pencil and liquid ink offer a wealth of visual information: architectural details, folk-art-like figures—even an overflowing city waste-basket is beautiful in the eyes of Caldecott Honoree Lobel. Often, the three protagonists appear gathered affectionately in the book's margins, remarking on what is shown in a panel; other pages picture them in the background. At last, they wait for the train underground, then cross a recognizable bridge under a crescent moon. The metropolitan setting presents an ever-changing kaleidoscope of sensations; amid them, it's enough for the trio to be together, seeing and taking pleasure in what's there, in this rich, warm journey from morning to night. Ages 4–8.
