The House in the Night

The House in the Night

Swanson, S. M., & Krommes, B. (2008). The house in the night. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Age Level: 2 to 8

Genre:  This is a picture book.

Summary: The story follows a young child as light transcends out of the dark. In the lighted house appears a bed. On the bed lays a book. In the book is a bird which allows the child’s imagination to take flight through the night sky.

Reflection:

This patterned picture book for young children is full imagination. The illustrations take the reader on a journey through the night sky. It is a wonderful book to use for pre school aged children to identify all things associated with the night. It could also be used to teach patterns and sequencing. This book would be classified as a cumulative pattern book.

The artistic media used was scratchboard and watercolor.  These glowing illustrations were colored in black and yellow. The yellow was used to show light. 

The artistic style used is surrealistic due to the pictures of the child riding a bird out a window and into the night sky. 

The simplistic text makes it an easy read and a great bedtime story!