Why We Have Day and Night

from stults

Beautiful, minimalist illustrations on jet black pages fit perfectly with the message of this book. The questions that open the book -- did the ink spill? did our eyes burst? -- drew my kids in and captured their attention. The simple explanation using a flashlight and orange is clever without ta...

from HeatherHomeschooler

We loved the imaginative ideas expressed in this book by Peter F. Neumeyer. The children in this book find themselves in the dark and question why it is dark. There are some creative ideas thrown around and then the older and wiser brother remembers a discussion he had with his father about how t...

from quaintlittlehead

This is a spectacularly weird little book; what else can one expect from a collaboration with Edward Gorey? I thought the first page of the story was just pre-title page art until I turned a leaf and realised we had begun. The text is so sparse, with just a line or two on each page. Much of the a...

from dchaikin

This is a quick picture book for kids that happens to have wonderful Gorey illustrations and a very curious dialogue of four young characters who are trying to understand why it's dark. The dialogue is incomplete, and leaves my kids (4 & 6) in different states of confusion or annoyance. They insi...

from mirbee

This gorgeous new edition from Pomegranate is a beautifully bound, stunning reprint of the original. The illustrations are stunningly reproduced, with rich deep blacks ink. The paper is heavy and durable with a smooth finish. The illustrations them selves are classic Gorey - lively, fascinating c...