The House in the Night is the 2009 Caldecott Medal winner.Inspired by a cumulative poem found in The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, Swanson's words are short simple. "Here is the key to the house / In the house burns a light / In that light rests a bed."
Richly detailed black-and-white scratchboard illustrations expand this timeless bedtime verse, offering reassurance to young children that there is always light in the darkness. Iluminated touches of golden watercolor evoke the warmth and the comfort of home and family, as well as the joys of exploring the wider world.
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