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Night Light (2013)

by Nicholas Blechman(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0545462630 (ISBN13: 9780545462631)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Orchard Books

review 1: 1 light, shining bright = a train2 lights, hovering in flight = a a helicopter3 lights, late at night = a taxicabCounting lights in the darkness from 1 to 10, youngsters see 10 different machines built to transport people or freight. Holes in the all-black pages let the lights "shine" through, but when the page is turned those holes become part of a picture of the machine at work.This is perfect for our Pre-K unit on "How Can I Visit the World around Me?"
review 2: Assignment: Picture Book ProjectCategory: Picture Book Soak – Book that caught my attentionRecommending Source: None requiredReview: Lights, bold colors, simple illustrations, and vehicles invite the reader to explore what illuminates the city. As you count with the book, it encourages you to guess... more what vehicle is described before turning to the next page. Children that love a variety of vehicles will enjoy counting and guessing as they read the book. This book caught my attention because of the contrast of the design on the front cover. One vertical half is black except for one white circle, the title, and the author. On the right side, the entire picture is bright with bold yellow, black, red, and white. The title’s text is a bold white for Night and black pixelated text for Light. It reminds me of the old Hasbro Lite-Brite toy, where you put small colored pegs onto the matrix of a light box, creating a brightly outlined picture. Looking under the dust jacket, the front cover is similar, but the illustrations were slightly changed. Turning the cover, you see the front end pages show cars driving in an urban setting. All the buildings are black and the colors are a bold dark shade possibly suggesting the night setting. Once you turn the pages, you see nothing but black and the text description in the same pixilated text. The description for each numbered light is located on the opposite page of the partially viewed light showing through the die cut pages. After making guesses, we’re given a chance to see in a variety of bright, bold colors, what vehicle and environment belongs to each of the numbered lights. The end pages on the inside back cover tie the title and illustrations to the book by portraying a boy in his dark bedroom using one light, a night light, as he reads a book in his car-shaped bed. This is a great, interactive book that will encourage younger students to practice counting from one to ten. It will also keep the children in suspense as they use their schema to figure out what could be on the following pages. It would be a fun addition for circle time and to incorporate review of the first ten numbers. A discussion about each setting for the vehicles would help the students become more familiar with their environment as well. I really enjoyed this book and thought it would be perfect to share with my four-year-old son, Kristian. He loves vehicles and he may find it fun to practice counting up to the number 10 while guessing what was hiding on the next page. The book is simple and direct, yet I really like the book’s layout and design. Looking back at the illustrations, I also noticed that in each scene, the vehicles are show in action. Since I have a son, I find it interesting that while I’m learning about his particular interests and reasons for his unfamiliar behavior, he is very different than his sister back when she was the same age. At his age, she didn’t have similar interests in vehicles and their actions. I remember when Kristian was barely three years old, and he had already developed a keen interest in our surroundings, pointing out the cars, trucks, construction vehicles, planes, just about anything with wheels that moved. I feel as though I am just beginning to understand how the minds of little boys work. less

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