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Spinelli, Eileen

Night Shift Daddy

32 pp. | Hyperion | April, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-7868-0495-5 $$14.99 | Library ISBN 0-7868-2424-7 $$15.49
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Melissa Iwai. The young narrator describes a beloved ritual: her father, a night janitor, prepares her for bed before he leaves for work, and they reverse roles in the morning, when he returns home sleepy. The rhyming text manages to convey many feelings--love, loneliness, anticipation--in few words; the mood is reinforced beautifully by the rich, detailed illustrations, especially those depicting a child's room at night.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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