The Owl Who Became the Moon - Hardcover

London, Jonathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525450548 ISBN 13: 9780525450542

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers, 1993

Synopsis

While riding on a train at night, a young boy listens and watches as he passes by many creatures in their wilderness homes.

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathan London is the creator of twenty-three books about lovable and enduringly popular Froggy.��� He is also a poet and a novelist. Jonathan and his wife live in Graton, California.

From Publishers Weekly:

Frosty, midnight blues accompany a rhythmic, onomatopoeic text to evoke a ride aboard a night train. A sleepbound boy muses about such a journey, "through a forest / in the dark / under the stars." With spare elegance, London celebrates both the beauty of nighttime ("the snow flutters / like white butterflies / in the steam / and in the beam / of light / from the locomotive") and the power of the train ("it ticktacks / down the tracks / and snakes through a tunnel / blacker than night"). Likewise, Rand's ( Night Tree ) luminous paintings capture the watchful activity of nocturnal creatures across a snowy landscape bisected by the chugging engine. He combines ground chalk, india ink and watercolors to achieve a remarkable range of textures and densities, from the owl's feathers to the glittering snow. While the image of the title proves cryptic, the poetry and hushed excitement of this arresting collaboration should earn it a place atop the stack of bedtime read-aloud favorites. Ages 4-7.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0525450548
• ISBN 13: 9780525450542
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Rand Ted