Using an orange and a flashlight, a father explains to his children why the sun goes down.
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In this curious tale, four children, accompanied by their faithful cat, stumble around in the dark and ask, "What's going on when the lights go out?" A lot of imagination and a little bit of science (cue a flashlight and an orange) inspire a creative conclusion. To these young minds, why we have day and night is a big question that can only be answered by one (very hungry) little bug.
PETER F. NEUMEYER collaborated with Edward Gorey on two other books, Donald and the . . . and Donald Has a Difficulty. Whether as author, editor, or translator, Neumeyer set his name to more than a dozen books of prose and poetry for children and adults. His selected correspondence with Edward Gorey is being published by Pomegranate.
EDWARD ST. JOHN GOREY (1925-2000) is famous for the honored bounty of books he wrote and illustrated, featuring his distinctive humor and astonishingly detailed crosshatch ink drawings. Creator of more than one hundred works, Gorey was also a playwright, an award-winning set and costume designer, and the creator of the animated introduction to the PBS series Mystery!
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