Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Picture Book #8 --The House in the Night -- Caldecott Medal



TITLE: The House in the Night
  AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: Susan Marie Swanson and Beth Krommes 
  GENRE: General Fiction
   THEME: This book is about bedtime and sleep.
  AWARDS: This book is the 2009 winner of the Caldecott Medal.
CHARACTERS: There aren't really any characters in this book, but it shows a little girl in the house(we know this from the doll).
PUBLISHING DATE AND COMPANY: This book was published in 2008 Houghton Mifflin Company.
 SUMMARY: This book is a very simple book, about a house and all the things in it.
This would be a good book for a young child or one who has special needs. This book is a very simple and easy read, and is very visually appealing because it is in all black and white with a few certain items in each picture highlighted in yellow. 

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