Product Description

Each evening as gentle Mr. Night walks the earth closing the flowers, soothing the animals, and calming the sea, he brings a special magic to the world. When he arrives at your window, you'll know it's time for bed at last. . . .

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #548447 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-15
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .54" h x 5.84" w x 6.04" l, .47 pounds
• Binding: Board book
• 26 pages

From Publishers Weekly
"Night assumes a human form in a calming bedtime tale, whose quiet narration and undulating illustrations have an almost hypnotic quality," wrote PW. Ages 2-5.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K. A soothing bedtime story that will lull even the most stubborn children to sleep. The sparse text and stunning alkyd paintings explain how Mr. Night gently puts the world to rest, tenderly closing the flowers, quieting the animals, and calming the sea. Each page is saturated with color, textured with brush strokes, and features vivid backgrounds of deep midnight blue, poppy reds, and grass greens. Mr. Night is a loose shape dressed in black, speckled with white stars, and has crescent-moon eyes. A creative double-page spread shows a young boy looking out of a window filled with a star-splattered sky that readers will recognize as a close-up of Mr. Night's face. "When I see him at my window, I know it's time for bed." Mr. Night closes the little boy's eyes and whispers dreams filled with music to him. Finally, when the sun rises and blankets the hills with a yellow-warm glow, Mr. Night grows tired and drifts to sleep as the little boy wakes up and wishes him good night. Pair with Mem Fox's Time for Bed (Harcourt, 1993) and B. P. Nichol's Once (Greenwillow, 1986) to inspire a tranquil evening of sleep.?Lisa Marie Gangemi, Sousa Elementary School, Port Washington, NY
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Kirkus Reviews
Yaccarino (If I Had a Robot, 1996, etc.) personifies the night sky as a starlit man in a bowler hat who brushes past the trees, closing flowers and calming seas in preparation for the arrival of night and a young boy's bedtime. Mr. Night closes the boy's eyes and whispers dreams; as the sun comes up, he grows tired, ``lies down just over the hill and drifts off to sleep.'' Simple forms and Matisse-like colors match the innocence of the story, told in a series of simple lines. Mushrooming shapes of color create waves of clouds, swirls of trees, and gobs of shadows that add up to a progression of expressive landscapes. Yaccarino's art is boldly stylistic, smooth and facile, boasting design and color composition as its strengths. Mr. Night's dark, star-covered shape provides contrast to each scene, as well as humor, e.g., he checks a glow-in-the-dark watch. The story would be lonely without these pictures, and takes on poignancy because of them; parents who work the lobster shift will find special meaning in these pages. (Picture book. 2-5) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.