Night Treasure
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected 25 Aug 2026
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- $6.99
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- Pre-Order
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
This lyrical picture book celebrates the special bond between a father and daughter as they embark on a night walk and discover priceless treasures in the natural world around them.
Bundled and pj-ed with blue boots on, Quinn held Daddy’s hand and stepped outside into the dark.
After a long day of rain, a father and daughter venture into the night in search of treasure. Under glowing streetlamps, they find orange leaves and berries strung like beads on vines. But none are quite what Quinn is searching for. She keeps hunting until... there! Under an oak that soars to the sky are acorns that shine like little moons. Quinn and Daddy select the smoothest and the roundest and carry their treasures home, where warm beds await.
This gorgeously written and illustrated tale is an ode to nighttime, to seeing the world with fresh eyes, and to the greatest treasure of all: moments shared with those we love.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this luminous, sweetly conspiratorial tale by Wortche (Bear in the Air) and Farrell (The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary), bedtime rules bend in the name of adventure. Trapped inside all day by rain, young Quinn valiantly tries to undertake an indoor treasure hunt, but "inside was small and Quinn knew every corner." When the rain clears before bedtime, Dad offers a delicious rebellion: a nighttime out-of-doors treasure hunt. Slipping outerwear over their pajamas, the two, who are portrayed with light brown skin, head into the blue-cast night, rendered in shadowy shapes and dense matte textures of gouache, collage, and charcoal. Streetlights "blink, blink, blink," Quinn senses nocturnal animals all around them, and they soon enter a park, where a serpentine path opens up on the page like a treasure map. At Daddy's invitation, Quinn leads a treasure hunt that ends in a carpet of acorns underneath a huge autumnal oak. The two stuff their pockets, and Quinn is giddy with the feeling that "no one else had ever/ been awake so late/ wandered so far/ made such a discovery." As this gently exhilarating nighttime journey winds down, a glimpse at the glittering sky leads to Quinn's realization that there's more than one kind of treasure: those one can pocket, and those beyond reach that fill one with wonder. Ages 3–7. Author's agent: Erica Rand Silverman, Stimola Literary. Illustrator's agent: Elena Giovinazzo, Pippin Properties.
