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Bradbury, Ray

Switch on the Night

32 pp. | Knopf | August, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-375-80608-3 $$14.95 | Library ISBN 0-375-90608-8 $$16.99
1993
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. A lonely boy who is afraid of the dark stays indoors after the sun sets. One evening, when he's home alone with "the lights blazing," a girl named Dark befriends him and helps him embrace nighttime. Bradbury's long-winded story is accompanied by the Dillons' dreamlike, Escher-influenced artwork. The illustrations feature a white boy and an African-American girl, adding a social message to the story.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

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