{"id":4864,"date":"2019-04-24T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T06:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4864"},"modified":"2019-04-23T18:00:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T00:00:53","slug":"the-night-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4864","title":{"rendered":"<em>The Night Library<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2019\/04\/nlopen.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;&#8216;Climb on,&#8217; said the lion in a deep, gentle voice. &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\nIn yesterday&#8217;s post, I mentioned <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookpage.com\/features\/23940-imaginative-adventure-stories-perfect-bedtime-reading-childrens#.XL36YOhKiUl\">this <em>BookPage<\/em> feature<\/a><\/strong> about, in part, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidzeltser.com\/\">David Zeltser&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <em>The Night Library<\/em> (Random House, April 2019), illustrated by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.morgangaynin.com\/artists\/colon\/\">Ra\u00fal Col\u00f3n<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here today is a bit of art from the book. <\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2019\/04\/nl2alarge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2019\/04\/nl2asmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;It was the night before my eighth birthday,<br \/>and I was having trouble falling asleep. &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge spread and read text in its entirety)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2019\/04\/nl3large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2019\/04\/nl3small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;The books came together into the shape of my grandpa and me<br \/>in his favorite chair, reading together. &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge spread and read text in its entirety)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2019\/04\/nl4large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2019\/04\/nl4small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8221; &#8230; Then I climbed onto Patience&#8217;s back, and we headed home.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge spread and read text in its entirety)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2019\/04\/nlclose.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;On our doormat was a shiny new library card &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2019\/04\/nlcoverlarge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2019\/04\/nlcover.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click to enlarge cover)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>THE NIGHT LIBRARY. Text copyright \u00a9 2019 by David Zeltser. Illustrations \u00a9 2019 by Ra\u00fal Col\u00f3n and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Random House, New York.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8216;Climb on,&#8217; said the lion in a deep, gentle voice. &#8230;&#8221; &nbsp; In yesterday&#8217;s post, I mentioned this BookPage feature about, in part, David Zeltser&#8217;s The Night Library (Random House, April 2019), illustrated by Ra\u00fal Col\u00f3n. Here today is a bit of art from the book. 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