{"product_id":"the-blue-forest-bedtime-stories-for-the-nights-of-the-week-9781584209287","title":"The Blue Forest: Bedtime Stories for the Nights of the Week","description":"\u003ci\u003eThese tales are from a wondrous forest\u003cbr\u003eWhere trees are blue and flowers sing, \u003cbr\u003eA small girl finds a glowing chest\u003cbr\u003eEnclosing jewels, pearls, a ring.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA boy who sleeps high in a tree\u003cbr\u003eIs woken by a blue bird's song, \u003cbr\u003eAnd a red bird's melody\u003cbr\u003eInspires dreams the whole night long.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blue Forest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a collection of seven highly imaginative bedtime stories--a story for each night of the week, each featuring one of seven colors. The stories are set in a magical blue forest and tell of mysterious nighttime events and relationships involving humans, animals, and nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first story, a small girl, wearing a dress as white as the stars and embroidered with fine golden thread, walks a path through the forest of blue trees. While making her way through the silent woods, she discovers a casket of jewels from which she selects a silver ring. As she places it on her finger it twinkles in unison with a star, which just at that moment peers through the foliage of a nearby tree. In the last story an old woman tends a garden where the flowers unfold at nightfall to greet the stars. While the old woman sings and plants blue seedlings, a pink butterfly alights on her head. When she turns back to the garden path to her house, the pink butterfly flutters off into the dark woods, arriving at a simple hut where a girl in a white dress with golden embroidery sleeps. The seventh story thus joins the tales into a circle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther characters in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blue Forest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e include a red bird, whose mellifluous song inspires dreams; a boy who is led by a blue bird to a murky pond, where an enormous golden flower blossoms before his eyes; an astrologer who paints stars from his purple tower; a fish family that transports raindrop jewels to a secret subterranean sea cave; and a mother and baby possum who chance on a mysterious emerald-green sanctuary while seeking refuge from a sudden storm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tales of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blue Forest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e have an innovative and artistic character that presents bedtime stories in a new way. They were conceived and composed as bedtime stories in the most emphatic sense--their vivid painterly depictions, enigmatic occurrences, and archetypal imagery make the tales resemble the non-discursive and ethereal dreamscape of sleep. These stories enliven the imagination in a way that leads both the reader and listener seamlessly from the clear outlines of the daytime world into the elusive realm of dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe luminous, magical illustrations by Stephanie Young and Tim Smith beautifully serve the soothing and magical qualities of the stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Ages 6-9 years)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lindisfarne Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781584209287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 6.60w x 0.30d","brand":"Luke Fischer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925077463221,"sku":"9781584209287","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ea85e563-ebaf-4ead-9e9f-729ce0d5fee4.jpg?v=1687845062","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-blue-forest-bedtime-stories-for-the-nights-of-the-week-9781584209287","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}