Nine o'Clock Lullaby - Hardcover

Marilyn Singer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060256478 ISBN 13: 9780060256470

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991

Synopsis

Ricky, the court dwarf, suffers silently when people laugh at him until his music shows them that he isn't a toy.

About this title

About the Author

Marilyn Singer has written over fifty books for young readers, including poetry, fairy tales, mysteries, and young adult novels. Marilyn and her husband, Steve Aronson, live in Brooklyn, New York, where the weather in March is sometimes stormy and cold and sometimes warm and sunny.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-- Beginning (and ending) in Brooklyn at bedtime, this picture book jumps a step east around the world, where the same moment becomes a different hour in 15 different time zones. Singer's brief narrative contains cultural and auditory cues, humor, and some interesting connections. Lessac's paintings are lively and detailed, in her familiar naive style. It would be hard to imagine her work without its vibrant colors, but here they work against the grain. Uniformly gay pages and flat light sacrifice part of the sense-experience of difference. Although half the book occurs at dusk or night, when "all cats are gray," Lessac's glowing palette remains constant. Switzerland and Zaire at 3 a.m. are just as colorfully bright as Sydney at noon. Nor are the essential props, a globe and clock, incorporated into the work. In any case, the concept of time zones may be beyond the grasp of the intended audience. What this title does convey is the connectedness of the inhabitants of our global village. --Patricia Dooley, University of Washington, Seattle
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0060256478
• ISBN 13: 9780060256470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Frane' Lessac