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"Mama's away one night, and her son can't sleep. He tries to relax by counting stars, but the more of them he sees, the more determined he is to count every single one... Then the boy finds that Daddy can't sleep either. Together, the two of them set off on an unforgettable all-night journey of discovery. ""James E. Ransome's oil paintings complement Lenny Hort's poetic text perfectly."" --Washington Post"

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The lyrical rhythm of Hort's text is brought to vibrant life by Ransome's painterly illustrations. -- Publishers Weekly James E. Ransome's oil paintings complement Lenny Hort's poetic text perfectly. -- The Washington Post A fresh look at an age-old concept. The closeness between father and son is warmly portrayed. -- School Library Journal

"""The lyrical rhythm of Hort's text is brought to vibrant life by Ransome's painterly illustrations.""--""Publishers Weekly""James E. Ransome's oil paintings complement Lenny Hort's poetic text perfectly.""--""The Washington Post""A fresh look at an age-old concept. The closeness between father and son is warmly portrayed.""--""School Library Journal"

A rather earnest story about a child who can't sleep and tries to count the stars. Trees, houses, and streetlights interfere, so Dad takes him on a tour of discovery: into town and then the city (apparently New York), where it's even harder to see the stars; at last into the country, where there are too many to count. The warmth between father and son (especially in Ransome's sturdy, expansive double-spread paintings) is fine, but their itinerary on the nightlong quest verges on the preposterous. (Kirkus Reviews)

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"Lenny Hort, author of How Many Stars in the Sky? and Tie Your Sock and Clap Your Feet: Mixed-up Poems (Atheneum), lives in Fort Lee, NJ. James E. Ransome's work has appeared in nearly fifty books for children, including The Creation by James Weldon Johnson, a Coretta Scott King Award Book; Uncle Jed's Barbershop, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; The Old Dog by Charlotte Zolotow; How Many Stars in the Sky? by Lenny Hort; and This Is the Dream by Diane Z. Shore and Jessica Alexander. His highly acclaimed illustrations for Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told By A Freeman Of Color won the NAACP Image Award, and his traveling exhibit ""Visual Stories"" is featured in libraries and museums throughout the country. He teaches illustration at Syracuse University and lives in Rhinebeck, NY, with his family."

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