The Night is Like an Animal

What threat or fear could emanate from a Night whose "happy sigh...starts the evening breezes and blows the moon up high"? In this gentle, rhyming story, Night comes on large, furry paws and moves slowly through a landscape both earthly and heavenly. Night is the guardian of rest and dreams, as soft as a comforter. The tale of Night's sweet embrace of the world is painted in moist, springtime colors, opening young imaginations to vistas of trees, mountains and sky. The words and images of the poem have immediacy and clarity, and are a rhythmic counterpart to the evocative pictures with their touch of nighttime mystery. This is a book that could easily become part of a child's happy bedtime routine, like cuddling a Teddy or stroking a cheek with a blanket.