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When Little Bunny can't sleep because "there's too much dark at night," it's up to Papa to find just the right night-light for his little bunny. The pair go for a walk around the woods and Papa points out the possibilities. Perhaps the moon is the ideal night-light? Or maybe the fireflies will be able to help? Or even the little glowworm? Featuring luminescent nighttime illustrations that glow in the dark, and a comforting text, this bedtime story will resonate with little bunnies and their parents.
Author Notes
Geoffrey Hayes was born in Pasadena, California on December 3, 1947. He studied at Hunter College, the Art Students League, and the School of Visual Arts. Before becoming a children's author and illustrator, he worked in the art department at an advertising firm and in the interior design department at an architectural firm. In 1974, he brought a portfolio of his artwork to Harper and Row. His first picture book, Bear by Himself, was published in 1976. He created more than 50 books for children including the Otto and Uncle Tooth early reader series, Benny and Penny in Just Pretend, and Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!, which won the 2010 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. He also illustrated several works by other authors including When the Wind Blew by Margaret Wise Brown, which was selected as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. He died on June 2, 2017 at the age of 69.
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Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-Bunny can't sleep because of the dark bedroom and goes on a search with Papa for a suitable night-light. He suggests stars, but Bunny scoffs, "The stars are too twinkly to be a good night-light for me," so Papa then suggests the moon, a glowworm, and fireflies. Finally Mama has a solution to the problem. Hayes's characteristically cozy artwork will bring smiles to the faces of children and adults. Bunny's expressions range from concern to exasperation to disbelief that Papa would even suggest a streetlight as a possibility. Attractive borders frame the cartoonlike artwork. Each picture has at least one small fuzzy sticker that actually glows in the dark. After the initial reading of this bedtime story, the lights may be turned out and the pages turned one more time to view the glowing stickers. A sure choice to be reread.-Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Hayes's (the Benny and Penny books) sweet bedtime book has gentle, repetitive prose that tells the story of Bunny and her Papa, who go searching for a nightlight. Bunny objects to all the lights they find (the moon is "too bright," the stars "too twinkly," the fireflies "too busy") until Mama presents Bunny with the perfect nightlight, which casts comforting shadows on the wall. The book's lilting rhythms end with a poem that ties into the book's underlying, reassuring message that while nighttime may seem dark, "[T]here's always a light somewhere." Just right for the subject matter, Hayes's cartoons are, as usual, friendly and warm, including cozy village scenes surrounded by a gray-blue border filled with images of clouds, bedtime reading, and the night sky. Throughout the book, various light sources-those mentioned in the story and others-are treated with a glow-in-the-dark coating. While the gimmick is likely to please young readers, having to repeatedly turn the lights on and off (in order to appreciate the phosphorescent effect) may make for some slow-glowing bedtime reading. Ages 3-6. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
Papa and Bunny discover many lights while searching for a night-light--stars, fireflies, a glowworm--but they cant find the right one for Bunny, until Mama retrieves a special lamp from her childhood. In the illustrations for this reassuring story, the rabbits' house looks especially snug, framed with borders of nighttime scenery. The pictures are enhanced with glow-in-the-dark paint; gimmicky but hard to resist. (c) Copyright 2012. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
in his room. They return home again, where Mama solves the problem by unpacking the night-light she used as a child. Each spread is framed by a repeating border of vignettes in soothing indigo blue. The illustrations are suffused with earthy colors and muted pinks, blues and greens, creating such a cozy scene of town and home that children will want to move in. However, the rabbits' faces are sometimes distorted, and the promised glow-in-the-dark lights are disappointingly dim unless read under the covers, spread by spread, with a flashlight flicking on and off. The book, a revision of A Night-Light for Bunny (2004), is only partly successful in execution. Children who want soothing at bedtime may do better with House in the Night, by Susan Marie Swanson and illustrated by Beth Krommes (2008), or the classic Goodnight Moon. (Picture book. 2-5)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
There's too much dark at night, claims Bunny to Papa one evening, so together they search their woodland community for the perfect illumination. The moon is too bright, fireflies too twinkly, and a streetlight too tall, but upon returning home, Mama suggests her old night-light (it's called little but it's almost as big as Bunny), which fills the need perfectly. While the artistic style is similar to Hayes' Geisel Medal-winning graphic novel Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! (2009), this is a more traditional format with gently drawn and colored bucolic scenes surrounded by nocturnal creatures scurrying around wide margins. Bunny is textually gender-neutral but depicted visually in traditionally girl-centric flowery pajamas, and Hayes seems likewise vague regarding how often he intends to rhyme, yet the story's soothing structure, the bunny's recognizable hesitation to sleep, the comforting conclusion, and the appealing, if somewhat gimmicky, glow-in-the-dark spots on each page (if it's light enough to read, it's too bright to see them) are all just right to help any youngster sleep tight.--Medlar, Andrew Copyright 2010 Booklist
