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The Night Library

h1 April 24th, 2019 by jules


“‘Climb on,’ said the lion in a deep, gentle voice. …”


 

In yesterday’s post, I mentioned this BookPage feature about, in part, David Zeltser’s The Night Library (Random House, April 2019), illustrated by Raúl Colón.

Here today is a bit of art from the book.

Enjoy!



 


“It was the night before my eighth birthday,
and I was having trouble falling asleep. …”
(Click to enlarge spread and read text in its entirety)


 


“The books came together into the shape of my grandpa and me
in his favorite chair, reading together. …”
(Click to enlarge spread and read text in its entirety)


 


” … Then I climbed onto Patience’s back, and we headed home.”
(Click to enlarge spread and read text in its entirety)


 


“On our doormat was a shiny new library card …”


 


(Click to enlarge cover)


 

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THE NIGHT LIBRARY. Text copyright © 2019 by David Zeltser. Illustrations © 2019 by Raúl Colón and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Random House, New York.





2 comments to “The Night Library”

  1. Ooh, this looks just lovely. As a current insomniac, having Patience and Fortitude to lie upon – who will find me the best books or just help me sleep – seems a good option. I also like that this is a turnabout book about grief – without naming it, exactly, but still defeating it.

         by tanita April 24th, 2019 at 11:29 am

  2. It’s an honor to see my book on one of my favorite blogs. And you picked some of my favorites of Raul’s brilliant illustrations. Thanks for not giving away the surprise ending 😉

         by David Zeltser April 24th, 2019 at 1:37 pm

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