The House in the Night

http://youtu.be/CEhOgCiJo7U

**Book summary 

This is a cute story about the connections in life, if we look for them. House with a light, a book on the bed in the light, a bird in the book with a song, through the night and then back into the light, in a book on the bed in a house in the night.

**APA Reference 

Swanson, S., & Krommes, B. (2008). The house in the night. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

**Impression: 

This book is really basic and simple reading. The pictures are great and the black and white drawings with a few added objects of color makes the pages very intriguing. I liked the book, and for a beginner reader it would be a great book to start showcasing their reading abilities. 

**Professional Review: 

KIRKUS REVIEW

Inspired by a traditional poem from The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, Swanson’s cumulative tale begins, “Here is the key to the house.” Readers are welcomed inside the house, where they find a light, a bed within the light, a book on that bed and a bird inside that book. The book opens to reveal a bird that sings a song about the dark, and within that song are the moon and the sun shining on the moon’s face. And then, from deep in the night, the poem begins to climb back out of itself: “Sun in the moon, / moon in dark, / dark in the song, / song in the bird,” and so forth, finally arriving back to “the house in the night” which is, indeed, a “home full of light.” Krommes’s breathtaking scratchboard illustrations, in black and white with accents of yellow and gold, embody and enhance the text’s message that light and dark, like comfort and mystery, are not mutually exclusive, but integral parts of each other. (Picture book. 3-7)

THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT by Susan Marie Swanson, Beth Krommes. (2008, May 5). Retrieved August 6, 2014.

**Library Uses:
This book could be used for  book talk, the simple message it shares. Could be used with in an art class,the black and white drawing are awesome. This book could be used in a GT class, to give students an idea about books, writing and sometimes less is more, and having them follow format and write their own.