The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Reidy, Jean

Light Up the Night

40 pp. | Hyperion | October, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4231-2024-7 $16.99

(2) PS Illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine. A boy's mother tucks him in, but he doesn't go straight to sleep. Instead, he transforms his blanket into a rocket ship and soars off, into the heavens then back again. Soft assonant sounds soothe the cumulative rhyme that parallels nighttime routines through its repetition and structure. Double-page spreads of bright but not overpowering collages depict the child's full-circle journey.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2011