Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night

A 2011 Newbery Honor Book

Come feel the cool and shadowed breeze,
come smell your way among the trees,
come touch rough bark and leathered leaves:
Welcome to the night.

Welcome to the night, where mice stir and furry moths flutter. Where snails spiral into shells as orb spiders circle in silk. Where the roots of oak trees recover and repair from their time in the light. Where the porcupette eats delicacies--raspberry leaves --and coos and sings.

Come out to the cool, night wood, and buzz and hoot and howl--but do beware of the great horned owl--for it's wild and it's windy way out in the woods
This Newbery Honor-winning picture book combines beautifully written poetry with facts of the forest and elaborate illustrations to form a marvelously engaging collection.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 09/06/2010
ISBN: 9780547152288
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 10.10h x 10.80w x 0.50d
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee
Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book
Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: Cybils - Finalist

Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/2010 pg. 68
School Library Journal 08/01/2010 pg. 122
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2010 - Book Of Special Distinction
Publishers Weekly 08/09/2010
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2010 pg. 104
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2011 pg. 11
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 182

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 139110 / Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night
Reading Level: 6.1 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5