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32 pp.
| Little |
June, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-316-18822-7$18.00
(2)
K-3
Cat Sylvie wakes her boy in the wee hours. Outside, they encounter animals waiting for something. Gerstein defines characters and objects in scribbly black silhouette (with a few white accents) on mottled dark-gray paper. At last dawn breaks, light and color return, and the nocturnal wildlife retreat. The glory of daybreak, brilliant atop the sooty paper, is both comfortingly reliable and astonishing.
Reviewer: Thom Barthelmess
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2015