casey2022's review against another edition
5.0
Beautifully illustrated and imagined example of a classic poetic form.
a_manning11's review against another edition
5.0
A bedtime cumulative tale, beautifully illustrated. There is little text, which builds up and the recedes. The magic lies in the illustrations that are full of detail (black and white). Golden orange highlights certain parts of each illustration.
Illustrated by Beth Krommes.
Caldecott Medal Winner 2009.
Illustrated by Beth Krommes.
Caldecott Medal Winner 2009.
iamacliche's review against another edition
5.0
One of the rare children’s book I enjoyed reading over & over
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
2.0
A Caldecott Award Winning book. Yeah whatever. No real story, not very interesting text and nice pictures that I didn't appreciate.
zoes_human's review against another edition
4.0
A soothing and patterned poem for bedtime, comforting and lovely. Intricate art that evokes safety and home.
covergirlbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Very sharp Caldecott winner of 2009. The choice of scratchpaper and yellow watercolor mediums emphasizes the light of each picture. The wording is lulling like Margaret Wise Brown's "Goodnight Moon," although not as good.
kstehel's review against another edition
3.0
The illustrations earn the points for this book because the story line lacks quality.
ollietrager's review against another edition
3.0
Beautiful illustrations, the poem/nursery rhyme doesn't make much sense
snowelf's review against another edition
5.0
What a lovely book! I picked it up at the library because the cover and the title appealed to me. Looking through it, I was struck by the sparsity of words (less than ten per page) and decided that it seemed like a nice bedtime story to read over and over, and at the same time my son could probably handle reading it by himself.
Once we got home and sat down with the book, I was enthralled. The scratchboard pictures are in black and white and a striking golden yellow for emphasis. Both the text and the pictures are beautiful, poetic and imaginative. The text is so simple, a little bit in the vein of [b:Goodnight Moon|32929|Goodnight Moon|Margaret Wise Brown|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348416480s/32929.jpg|1086867]. The beginning goes something like this: "Here is the key to the house / In the house burns a light / In that light rests a bed." The pictures are full of details which reward repeated readings, such as when my son noticed that a picture hanging on a wall in the House in the Night in the little girl's bedroom was the same as one we have in our house! I'm totally in love with this gorgeous picture book. We read it many times. And when we finally had to return it, I had a really hard time letting go ...
Once we got home and sat down with the book, I was enthralled. The scratchboard pictures are in black and white and a striking golden yellow for emphasis. Both the text and the pictures are beautiful, poetic and imaginative. The text is so simple, a little bit in the vein of [b:Goodnight Moon|32929|Goodnight Moon|Margaret Wise Brown|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348416480s/32929.jpg|1086867]. The beginning goes something like this: "Here is the key to the house / In the house burns a light / In that light rests a bed." The pictures are full of details which reward repeated readings, such as when my son noticed that a picture hanging on a wall in the House in the Night in the little girl's bedroom was the same as one we have in our house! I'm totally in love with this gorgeous picture book. We read it many times. And when we finally had to return it, I had a really hard time letting go ...