Amy's Light: The Perfect Bedtime Story for Children Who Are Afraid of the Dark (Includes Photo-Illustrations and Firefly-Catching Fun) - Softcover

Nutt, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1584691298 ISBN 13: 9781584691297

Publisher: Dawn Publications, 2010

Synopsis

Remember the wonder and innocence of catching fireflies as they dance through the summer nights? Here is a wonderful opportunity to share the magical experience with your children and also talk about nature, insecurities, and challenges. Amy is afraid of dark shadows in her bedroom, but notices a slight glow in the back yard. With exuberance she catches fireflies in a jar, only to find their lights go dim until they are free again--and that her fear of the dark is gone. The photo-illustrations are lifelike yet dreamy. A wonderful read-aloud.

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Review

In Nutt s debut, a magical encounter with fireflies helps a young girl overcome her fear of nighttime shadows. When Amy notices the glow outside her shadowy bedroom, she goes on a nighttime foray armed with a jar. Her childish enthusiasm and excitement are palpable as she collects the fireflies, the jar lighting the way back to her room. . . . Unscrewing the cover for a closer look frees the fireflies, and they regain their glow. And with their light outside, Amy is finally able to relax and sleep. . . . The illustrations blend the realism of photographs with the softer look of paint, creating a whole that is warm and shows depth and texture. His artwork excels at portraying the contrast between shadow and light, with the light sources positively glowing. Sweet, with lovely artwork. --Kirkus Reviews (April 2010)

Amy s Light follows Amy on her journey through an especially dark night. We start with Amy s terror as she hides from the shadows on her walls and end with her realization that she has within herself the ability to keep the shadows at bay. On this path, we discover and explore and learn about the world around us while working through Amy s fear.

Even amid Amy s fright, the light of fireflies draws her outside where she dances in the joy of the mysterious wonder. Amy captures the fireflies in a jar and brings them back to her room to help illuminate the darkness, but in captivity, the fireflies being to dim. Amy, realizing this, lets them go and discovers she doesn t need them after all.

Amy s Light is highly recommended for younger children who love discovering the wonders of nature. It's playful rhyme and succinct text makes it approachable and fun to read aloud, and the photo-illustrations based on the author s daughter will draw children in and help them relate to the main character. Customers can expect to read this one many times over. --New Age Retailer (March 2010)

Amy s Light follows Amy on her journey through an especially dark night. We start with Amy s terror as she hides from the shadows on her walls and end with her realization that she has within herself the ability to keep the shadows at bay. On this path, we discover and explore and learn about the world around us while working through Amy s fear.

Even amid Amy s fright, the light of fireflies draws her outside where she dances in the joy of the mysterious wonder. Amy captures the fireflies in a jar and brings them back to her room to help illuminate the darkness, but in captivity, the fireflies being to dim. Amy, realizing this, lets them go and discovers she doesn t need them after all.

Amy s Light is highly recommended for younger children who love discovering the wonders of nature. It's playful rhyme and succinct text makes it approachable and fun to read aloud, and the photo-illustrations based on the author s daughter will draw children in and help them relate to the main character. Customers can expect to read this one many times over. --New Age Retailer (March 2010)

Amy s Light follows Amy on her journey through an especially dark night. We start with Amy s terror as she hides from the shadows on her walls and end with her realization that she has within herself the ability to keep the shadows at bay. On this path, we discover and explore and learn about the world around us while working through Amy s fear.

Even amid Amy s fright, the light of fireflies draws her outside where she dances in the joy of the mysterious wonder. Amy captures the fireflies in a jar and brings them back to her room to help illuminate the darkness, but in captivity, the fireflies being to dim. Amy, realizing this, lets them go and discovers she doesn t need them after all.

Amy s Light is highly recommended for younger children who love discovering the wonde --New Age Retailer (March 2010)

Amy s Light follows Amy on her journey through an especially dark night. We start with Amy s terror as she hides from the shadows on her walls and end with her realization that she has within herself the ability to keep the shadows at bay. On this path, we discover and explore and learn about the world around us while working through Amy s fear.

Even amid Amy s fright, the light of fireflies draws her outside where she dances in the joy of the mysterious wonder. Amy captures the fireflies in a jar and brings them back to her room to help illuminate the darkness, but in captivity, the fireflies being to dim. Amy, realizing this, lets them go and discovers she doesn t need them after all.

Amy s Light is highly recommended for younger children who love discovering the wonders of nature. It's playful rhyme and succinct text makes it approachable and fun to read aloud, and the photo-illustrations based on the author s daughter will draw children in and help them relate to the main character. Customers can expect to read this one many times over. --New Age Retailer (March 2010)

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2—Using enhanced photographs of his daughter enacting the story line, Nutt tells of a girl named Amy who becomes scared of the dark until she sneaks outside to capture some fireflies in a jar. Their light dims in captivity; no longer afraid but fearful for their safety, she sets them free. Alongside each spread of beautifully rendered photo-illustrations are four lines of insipid and predictable verse. With such lines as "Jumping for joy,/Amy watched with delight,/as they flickered and flickered/and flew out of sight," the narrative becomes secondary to the visuals. While this is ostensibly a book about the wonders of nature, the technology that created the images takes center stage. This jarring contradiction is reinforced by an announcement on the cover that there is a Flash video download available of the story.—Lisa Egly Lehmuller, St. Patrick's Catholic School, Charlotte, NC
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dawn Publications
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1584691298
• ISBN 13: 9781584691297
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 44