PRESCHOOL
Delacroix, Sibylle

Blanche Hates the Night

(3) PS Translated by Christelle Morelli. Many picture books feature reluctant sleepers, but this specimen is among the better ones. Maybe it's the omniscient narrator's informality ("The night is such a pain!"). Maybe it's Blanche's boisterous defiance (one illustration catches her mid-somersault). Maybe it's the visual range Delacroix achieves with a palette of black on slate blue. Whatever the reason, this small book offers big payoffs.

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