As a child sleeps warm and cozy in her bed, the first snow falls, and we watch in wonder as the northern winter night unfolds. The stars shimmer in the sky, the pine trees hold out their "prickly hands to catch the falling flakes," a mother deer and her fawn prance tracks in the snow, a gray owl surveys the scene, a fox watches two hares, and a mouse tries to find shelter beneath a bird feeder.
Writer Jean E. Pendziwol has crafted a lovely poem filled with sensuous imagery, and illustrator Isabelle Arsenault has used pencil, gouache, watercolor, and ink to create the little dramas that are played out against the night. A tender and loving token of the northern night is bestowed on the window of the little girl's bedroom.
This extraordinary children's picture book is designed for those ranging in age from 4 to 7 years. Here is a portrait of the night that captures and conveys the wonders of the natural world.
