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The House in the Night — Susan Marie Swanson
2009 Caldecott Medal Winner
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.
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.
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- 2009 Caldecott Medal -- Picture Book (Winner)
- 2009 Minnesota Book Award -- Children's Literature (Winner)
- 2009 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens -- Up to Seven (Recommended)
- 2008 Booklist -- Starred Review (*)
- 2008 Kirkus Reviews -- Starred Review - Children (*)
- 2008 Parents Choice Award (Spring) (2008-Up) -- Picture Book (Approved)
- 2008 Publishers Weekly -- Starred Review (*)
- 2008 School Library Journal -- Starred Review (*)
