Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Newbery Medal - Honors Title(s)) - Hardcover

Sidman, Joyce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0547152280 ISBN 13: 9780547152288

Publisher: Clarion Books, 2010

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Author

"I used to be just the teensiest bit afraid of the dark.  I loved the concept of the nighttime, its mystery and dark beauty, but the reality was a different story. For us humans--diurnal, sight-oriented creatures that we are--the darkness is alien and forbidding, especially in the woods (which already have dark, mythic undertones). But there are all sorts of creatures that prefer the dark, that thrive in the dark. Why? And how? This book is my exploration of those questions.  And you know what?  Now that I know so much about these fascinating night creatures, I'm not as afraid of the dark anymore!"

About the Author

Joyce Sidman, author of many other award-winning books, lives in Minnesota. joycesidman.com  

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0547152280
• ISBN 13: 9780547152288
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Allen Rick