The House in the Night

Winner of the 2009 Caldecott Medal

A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home in this Caldecott Medal-winning bedtime book for young children. Naming nighttime things that are both comforting and intriguing to preschoolers--a key, a bed, the moon--this timeless book illuminates a reassuring order to the universe.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 05/01/2008
ISBN: 9780618862443
Pages: 38
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 10.24h x 7.95w x 0.44d
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Minnesota Book Award - Winner
Award: Caldecott Medal - Winner
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) - Approved

Review Citations: School Library Journal 04/01/2008 pg. 123
Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/2008 pg. 372
Booklist 04/15/2008 pg. 46
Publishers Weekly 05/12/2008 pg. 53
New York Times Book Review 02/15/2009 pg. 15
Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 287 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/03/2008 pg. 33
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2008 pg. 20
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2009 pg. 16
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2009 pg. 21
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 pg. 287 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 166519 / House in the Night
Reading Level: 1.6 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5