Night City

Author:   Monica Wellington ,  Andrew Kupfer ,  Monica Wellington
Publisher:   IngramSpark
ISBN:  

9781087959450


Pages:   32
Publication Date:   17 May 2021
Recommended Age:   From 4 to 7 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Monica Wellington ,  Andrew Kupfer ,  Monica Wellington
Publisher:   IngramSpark
Imprint:   IngramSpark
Dimensions:   Width: 27.90cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.127kg
ISBN:  

9781087959450


ISBN 10:   1087959454
Pages:   32
Publication Date:   17 May 2021
Recommended Age:   From 4 to 7 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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The sun falls. Darkness rises. From seven at night until seven the following morning, while you're sound asleep in your bed, the city stays wide awake--dancing, cleaning, fire fighting, baking, and more. With an urban backdrop that looks as if the architect of record were Piet Mondrian, Wellington's graphically arresting and gorgeously colored double-page spreads depict a different activity for each succeeding hour. The text, in describing the evening events, doesn't try to compete with the illustrations, but is nevertheless artful in its own understated right. Cleverly tying the entire episodic progression together are a striped cat and a bevy of mice that turn up in each spread--sometimes in unlikely places! Look closely for them and for the timepiece discreetly placed in each picture to proclaim the hour. And for art lovers, there's even more sly fun in the details: a cookie looks like a painter's palette, homages to Munch and Mondrian hang on walls, a sky and a bed are borrowed from van Gogh, etc. Like the 10 o'clock painter depicted in the book, Wellington paints what she sees with her eyes--and with her imagination. As a result, this surprising book grows more satisfying with each rereading. Michael Cart, BOOKLIST A prose portrait of the city at night shows all the things that go on while a little girl sleeps. The city's soaring towers glow. Its people work--no matter what the hour. It is obvious that Wellington is in love with big-city living, using its many facets in one fascinating night. Dancers rehearse, firefighters put out blazes, the staff cleans an office building, an artist goes to work in her studio, a night watchman makes his rounds at a museum in just a few of the congenially depicted scenes. Dark backgrounds make Wellington's characteristic dots and squares of color glow, while her familiar mice and cats frolic through every scene. The text imparts plenty of information, offering windows on new worlds for children; all the while the little girl sleeps, secure in her vital, vibrant home town. (Picture book. 4-8) KIRKUS REVIEW After night falls and a young child goes to bed, a city stays awake all night. Each double-page spread, chronicled by the hour, shows several nighttime activities occurring throughout a large, diverse city--in places such as a museum, a newspaper press, and a market. The liveliness of the sleepless city, presented in crisp, boldly colored illustrations that include geometric shapes, is compelling. THE HORN BOOK


"""The sun falls. Darkness rises."" From seven at night until seven the following morning, while you're sound asleep in your bed, the city stays wide awake--dancing, cleaning, fire fighting, baking, and more. With an urban backdrop that looks as if the architect of record were Piet Mondrian, Wellington's graphically arresting and gorgeously colored double-page spreads depict a different activity for each succeeding hour. The text, in describing the evening events, doesn't try to compete with the illustrations, but is nevertheless artful in its own understated right. Cleverly tying the entire episodic progression together are a striped cat and a bevy of mice that turn up in each spread--sometimes in unlikely places! Look closely for them and for the timepiece discreetly placed in each picture to proclaim the hour. And for art lovers, there's even more sly fun in the details: a cookie looks like a painter's palette, homages to Munch and Mondrian hang on walls, a sky and a bed are borrowed from van Gogh, etc. Like the 10 o'clock painter depicted in the book, Wellington ""paints what she sees with her eyes--and with her imagination."" As a result, this surprising book grows more satisfying with each rereading. Michael Cart, BOOKLIST A prose portrait of the city at night shows all the things that go on while a little girl sleeps. The city's ""soaring towers glow. Its people work--no matter what the hour."" It is obvious that Wellington is in love with big-city living, using its many facets in one fascinating night. Dancers rehearse, firefighters put out blazes, the staff cleans an office building, an artist goes to work in her studio, a night watchman makes his rounds at a museum in just a few of the congenially depicted scenes. Dark backgrounds make Wellington's characteristic dots and squares of color glow, while her familiar mice and cats frolic through every scene. The text imparts plenty of information, offering windows on new worlds for children; all the while the little girl sleeps, secure in her vital, vibrant home town. (Picture book. 4-8) KIRKUS REVIEW After night falls and a young child goes to bed, a city stays awake all night. Each double-page spread, chronicled by the hour, shows several nighttime activities occurring throughout a large, diverse city--in places such as a museum, a newspaper press, and a market. The liveliness of the sleepless city, presented in crisp, boldly colored illustrations that include geometric shapes, is compelling. THE HORN BOOK"


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Monica Wellington was born in London and lived in Switzerland and Germany as a child. She has written and illustrated many books for young children, including Apple Farmer Annie, Zinnia's Flower Garden, Crepes by Suzette, and Mr. Cookie Baker. She now lives in New York City. Some of her favorites things are: making desserts, eating chocolate, traveling to France, going to museums, and reading a book with her cat. She teaches at the School of Visual Arts. Andrew Kupfer is a journalist, editor, and playwright. Over the course of 20 years as a writer and editor at Fortune, Andrew covered technology, economics, and politics. He is author of a play, The Maid's Room, about Russian émigrés in New York. He also co-created and wrote the original script for 1969, a multimedia concert-theater piece about music and politics in the 1960s, commissioned by new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound and presented at Carnegie Hall and at venues around the country. Before his career in journalism, Andrew was an urban planner in New York City, his home town. Monica Wellington was born in London and lived in Switzerland and Germany as a child. She has written and illustrated many books for young children, including Apple Farmer Annie, Zinnia's Flower Garden, Crepes by Suzette, and Mr. Cookie Baker. She now lives in New York City. Some of her favorites things are: making desserts, eating chocolate, traveling to France, going to museums, and reading a book with her cat. She teaches at the School of Visual Arts.

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