Good Night, Earth

Good Night, Earth
Linda Bondestam, Galit Hasan-Rokem
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Hardback
h149 x 210mm - 48pg
13 May 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781632062864
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Age range 3 to 6 From the savanna to the city to outer space, celebrated Nordic children' s book illustrator Linda Bondestam offers a charming peek at the many ways we settle in for sleep, with gorgeous, dreamlike illustrations full of offbeat humour. Discover the bedtime routines of animals all over the world through the eyes of an alien family on a faraway planet. Little monkey needs his mama to play at least seventy-three songs on the ukulele to fall asleep. A meerkat family enjoys some stretches together as the sun goes down, while baby sloth is a bedtime expert-she' s already snoozing soundly in the trees. Die-cut pages invite little ones to help new animal friends get cozy under the covers. With unconventional illustrations full of wit and tenderness, Good Night, Earth is a sweetly silly exploration of how all kinds of creatures find peaceful and playful ways to end the day.
"Animals around the world are headed to bed in this beautifully illustrated book, which adds an odd twist of quirkiness to make it an intriguing read. . . . The animals are depicted in a wonderful artistic manner, which adds a dash of sophistication. In other words, these are simply well done and beautiful in their style and flair. "-Tonja Drecker, Bookworm for Kids "Told from the perspective of a green alien family on a faraway planet, Bondestam' s endearing solo debut offers a peek into the fictional bedtime routines of animals from around the world. . . . Offbeat humor permeates the text. . . and accompanies Bondestam' s quirky, multipatterned collage-style illustrations. The penultimate bedtime routine will resonate with parental readers, while the final spreads offer a last laugh for young ones. " * Publishers Weekly *
About the AuthorLinda Bondestam is an illustrator based in Helsinki. A graduate of Kingston University in London, she has illustrated dozens of children' s books that have been translated into more than ten languages. One of the most celebrated illustrators in the Nordic countries, Linda was awarded the Snoebollen for Swedish Picture Book of the Year in 2016 and the Nordic Council Children and Young People' s Literature Prize in 2017 for Djur som ingen sett utom vi (Animals that no one has seen except us). She was also nominated for the August Prize in 2020 for Mitt bottenliv (My life at the bottom) and is a six-time ALMA nominee, among various other awards. Good Night, Earth is her authorial debut. About the TranslatorGalit Hasan-Rokem is a folklore scholar, translator, and Professor Emerita in the Department of Hebrew Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She continues to conduct research, supervise graduate students, and translate poetry, mainly from the Swedish into Hebrew. She is the author of many books and articles and a published poet, as well as the founding editorial board member and cultural editor of Palestine-Israel Journal, the coeditor of Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore, and the associate editor of Proverbium.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781632062864
Published: 13 May 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yonder
Publisher: Restless Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 149mm
Width: 210mm
Pages: 48

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