Dark on Light
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- £9.49
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- £9.49
Publisher Description
As the sun sets, three siblings discover nature’s nighttime beauty in this soothingly rhythmic and gorgeously illustrated bedtime picture book from the acclaimed author-illustrator team behind Green on Green.
Gentle the evening. Sweeping the skies.
Dark the shadows as twilight arrives.
Rose the horizon, gleaming and bright.
Twilight and evening and dark on light.
When the family dog trots away from the house at sunset, three siblings tumble out the door to go find him. Soon they find themselves immersed in the luminous colors, shades, and shadows of nature at night—both dark and light. They wander through moonlit lavender meadows, past a timid fawn, beneath a snowy white owl, and much, much more as the night deepens until, at last, they find their sneaky pup.
With beautiful illustrations by Felicita Sala and lyrical text by Dianne White that’s perfect for reading aloud, this book invites young readers to step into the wondrous, colorful nighttime natural world.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The creators of Green on Green follow that seasonal work with one focused on shadow and light, centering lulling, mesmerizing sensate verse accompanied by artwork in warm, saturated hues. At a house in a valley bathed in sunset colors, a family's dog sets off by itself. Three light-skinned, fair-haired children look out a window as the sun sets ("Rose the horizon, gleaming and bright./ Twilight and evening and dark on light"), then take a shadow-casting flashlight outside to search for the dog. They're not too worried; one child stops to sniff lavender blooms, while another pauses beneath the moon. They surprise an owl, find the dog, then revel in the sight of enormous trees stretching up to the stars ("Damp the moss. Ancient the sky./ Dark the leaves, crisp and dry"). Light from the house spills onto the porch as the three return, and closing bedtime scenes in a shared bedroom embody warmth and security ("Cozy the blanket. Pillowed the head./ Dark the attic. Snug the bed") in this quiet celebration of chiaroscuro in the natural world. Ages 3–8.
