Books with title Night Lights

Each night before she goes to bed, Melinda counts the lights. Beginning with one, the night-light on her wall, she counts up to twenty airplanes. But she doesn't stop there! In ever greater panoramic sweeps, her imagination carries her farther and farther away from her home as she reaches big numbers such as fifty, one hundred, one thousand, all the way up to one million and the most distant lights of all - the stars in the sky. With a simple, poetic text and luminous artwork, Steven Schnur and Stacey Schuett have carried the counting book to new numerical heights.

From Accord's New York Times best-selling AniMotion series, Lights Out, Night's Out takes readers on a nighttime safari to see the world through the eyes of clever nocturnal critters ranging from hedgehogs and hippos to frogs and fireflies.High definition fluorescent inks, exclusive to this collection, appear in both page illustrations and animation windows to heighten visual contrasts between late-night imagery and the colorful creatures that play across the book's twilight canvas. Such vividly depicted illustrations paired with Accord's full-color AniMotion windows, literally bring the story to life, while author William Boniface hints at slumber through his lyrical verse.Like other AniMotion titles, Lights Out, Night's Out encourages environmental awareness at the earliest of ages by including a back-of-book resource section full of interesting facts about the nocturnal animals.

This Christmas Cassie is turning ten, old enough to have a sip of wine and take part in the dinner party talk about the universe. Cassie imagines the blazing birth of suns and moons and stars, but, when her father speaks of infinity and the folding of space, she decides that some things just won’t fit inside your mind. Shortly after she leaves the holiday table to nap with her cat by the fire, she notices snowflakes melting into her cocoa mug. When her cat disappears into the evergreen forest that has sprouted in the living room, Cassie’s magical journey begins. Searching for her cat, Cassie discovers the worlds-within-worlds that branch from her living room. She enters a frozen forest where she meets crystal sheep who echo her every word and a mad frog king who delights in silly games and rhymes but has developed a rather nasty habit of staring and something much worse. Then Cassie meets tiny Luma, who, unlike the other sheep, doesn’t repeat Cassie’s words. She is, in fact, quite brilliant and instructive in the strange physics of the forest universe. With the help of Luma and Sir Herring, a fatherly wizard of suns and moons and fish, Cassie must solve the mystery of her missing cat and the disappearing light that threatens the crystal creatures in this amazing universe of whispering flowers, talking swans, singing icicles and an indifferent French moon. Evoking the feeling of classic children’s literature, NIGHT LIGHTS is reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland and A Wrinkle in Time. Kids, especially girls nine to twelve years old, will relate to Cassie. If the story is read to younger children, they will enjoy the magical characters, whimsical rhymes and colorful imagery. But the narrative resonates on many levels, with cross-over appeal to older children and adults. Twenty-three dreamy, full color illustrations weave through this winter night’s tale about space and time, sense and nonsense, and the power of imagination.

The night is full of lights in this warm bedtime story.Susan Gal tells the story of a child’s evening routine through all the different kinds of lights that shine in the night. From the porch light by the front door, to the firelight (and firefly light!) of a backyard cookout, and the candles on a cake, everything seems to glow in this warm and cozy book. When the lightning of a sudden summer storm sends the action inside, there is light there too—a bedside light to read by, a flashlight to make shadows with, a night-light to keep you company, and the moonlight for sweet dreams.This reassuring reflection of a child’s world makes a wonderful bedtime story, and would be sure to soothe any lingering fears of the dark. A warm, friendly, shining debut from a very talented new author-illustrator.

"Nightlights near, nightlights far, nightlights guide you wherever you are..." At night after the sun goes down, lights come out everywhere. From fireflies in meadows to owls' eyes that catch moonlight; from lighthouses at sea to a thousand glinting city lights—follow them all on an enchanted nighttime journey that leads us home to bed. This poetic exploration of things that shine in the world—and in the sky—invites us all to see the night in wondrous new ways.

A story about first love, first fights, and finding yourself in a messed up world, from Stephen Emond, acclaimed author of Happyface.Walter Wilcox has never been in love. That is, until he meets Naomi, and sparks, and clever jokes, fly. But when his cop dad is caught in a racial profiling scandal, Walter, who is white, and Naomi, who is African American, are called out at school, home, and online. Can their bond (and mutual love of the Foo Fighters) keep them together?With black-and-white illustrations throughout and a heartfelt, humorous voice, Stephen Emond's Bright Lights, Dark Nights authentically captures just how tough first love can be...and why it's worth fighting for.“This book is really good, you guys.” ―Mariko Tamaki, cocreator of the New York Times–bestselling and Printz and Caldecott Honor Book This One Summer“Bright Lights, Dark Nights is a poignant story of real life crashing into true love. Emond uses his trademark mix of illustration and storytelling in a tale about a young couple trying to cope with racial inequality, police corruption, and America’s continued struggle to see the person beneath their color.” ―Michael Buckley, author of the New York Times–bestselling series NERDS and Undertow“Honest, authentic, and kind.” ―Faith Erin Hicks, creator of Friends with Boys“Timely and realistic.” ―VOYA, starred review“First love, racism, family strife, and the Internet’s culture of anonymous cruelty are some of the many themes explored in this illustrated novel by Happyface author Emond.” ―Kirkus Reviews, starred review