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Before Morning


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No. of pages 48

Published: 2016

Great for age 7-10 years

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There are planes to fly and buses to catch, but a small child wishes for a different sort of day in this striking picture book. When clouds gather and heavy flakes begin to fall, her invocation comes true. As a too-busy world falls silent, a family revels in the freedom and peace of a snow day. In a spare text that reads as pure song and illustrations of astonishingly beautiful scratchboard art, Sidman and Krommes remind us that sometimes, if spoken from the heart, wishes really can come true. AUTHOR: Joyce Sidman received a Newbery Honor for Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night, and won NCTE's Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Visit her website at www.joycesidman.com. Beth Krommes received the Caldecott Medal for The House in the Night and has illustrated other acclaimed picture books. Visit her website at www.bethkrommes.com.

 

 

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2016 by Houghton Mifflin .

Accolades for Joyce Sidman 's books include a Newbery Honor, a Lee Bennet Hopkins Award, a Cybil Award, and two Caldecott Honors. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. www. joycesidman. com Beth Krommes is the illustrator of several award-winning books. She lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire, with her family.

 

Amazon Best Children's Books of the Year Ages 3 to 5

 

Booklist Editors' Choice 2016

 

Horn Book Fanfare

 

Kirkus, Best Picture Book

 

Nerdy Book Club Nerdies 2016 Poetry/Novels in Verse

 

New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice

 

Publishers Weekly, Picture Book List

 

San Francisco Chronicle Best of 2016

 

School Library Journal Best of 2016

 

School Library Journal's Fuse#8 Best of 2016

 

 

"This is a comforting and deeply satisfying book to read with a child and a celebration of a bit of magic that winter can offer: a gift of time."

 

--The Washington Post

 

 

"A delightful winter read if there ever was one."

 

--Minneapolis Star Tribune

 

 

"It's a sweet, but never saccharine, tale of family--and so cozy in every possible way that readers will want to return to it again and again. Pair it with your best hot cocoa recipe. Read. Repeat."

 

--BookPage

 

 

* "This simply perfect book is a must-have piece of portable poetry and art for all collections."

 

--School Library Journal, STARRED review

 

 

* "[Before Morning's] parallel but separate threads--the innocent images of the poem, the cheery reassurance of the illustrations, and the tension of the family's wait--give this collaboration significant emotional depth."

 

--Publishers Weekly, STARRED review

 

 

* "It is rare in picture books to find words and art so perfectly matched, though perhaps not surprising given the talents of Newbery Honor-winning Sidman and Caldecott winner Krommes. Each phrase in Sidman's spare text evokes the heart and the senses while Krommes' scratchboard art is so intricately rendered, so full of story, that each page could be investigated dozens of times."

 

--Booklist, STARRED review

 

 

* "Like a snow day, a special treat with broad appeal."

 

--Kirkus, STARRED review

 

 

* "Throughout, Krommes's illustrations do the narrative work, and a series of wordless spreads at book's end provides a sweet balance to the front matter's opening scenes, slowly easing the reader out of this mesmerizing book."

 

--Horn Book, STARRED review