Night Lunch (Libro en Inglés), de Fan, Eric. Editorial Tundra Books, tapa pasta dura en inglés, 2022

Descripción

Nombre: Night Lunch (Libro en Inglés)
Marca: Tundra Books

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Product Description

A delectable picture book about midnight snacks, nocturnal creatures and unexpected generosity, inspired by lunch carts that were the predecessors of today's food trucks and diners. For fans of The Night Gardener.

Noses sniff the air as mouthwatering smells waft down city streets, luring growling bellies to the Night Owl. Inside this elegant, horse-drawn establishment, a feathery cook works the grill, serving up tasty dishes for shift-workers and operagoers alike: a mince pie for Fox, a ham sandwich for Badger and puddings for little Possums. Mouse, a poor street sweeper, watches as the line of customers swells, ever hopeful that someone will drop a morsel of food but Owl's cooking is far too delicious for more than a crumb to be found. As the evening's service winds down, weary Owl spots trembling Mouse. Has he found his own night lunch, or will he invite this small sweeper inside for a midnight feast for two?

From the imagination of two acclaimed picture book creators, together for the first time, this dreamlike picture book is a magical ode to Victorian lunch wagons. Evoking the sounds, sights, smells and tastes of the city at night, Night Lunch reveals how empathy and kindness as well as dignity and gratitude can be found and savored in the most unexpected places.

From School Library Journal

Gr 1-3
A horse-drawn lunch wagon rolling down a moonlit, seemingly deserted city street gathers a crowd of surprising customers in this atmospheric nocturne. To Fan's quietly rhythmic text—"Drip, drop, coffee's hot./ Noses sniff the air./ Shuffle yawn, bellies growl./ The night lunch bell is ringing"—running across the bottom, Seiferling pairs misty scenes of sidewalks and closed stores, glimmering streetlights, and dark apartment buildings. Who would be out at such a late hour? "Night Owl" proclaims the sign on the wagon with perfect truth, for the proprietor/cook turns out to be a large owl, and the queued-up clientele? A badger, a fox, a family of porcupines, moths, opossums, and other wildlife sporting hats, purses, and other anthropomorphic gear place orders for mince pie, sandwiches, biscuits, or pudding. Some diners sit down to eat (the wagon is larger on the inside than outside), others take away bags. And after the rush, as the sky begins to brighten and before closing up, the owl invites a tiny mouse who has been hopefully sweeping up the crumbs to share a sumptuous high tea. A hint of mischief animates this peaceful, harmonious alternative to such noisier peeks at what animals really do at night as Gideon Sterer's The Midnight Fair, illustrated by Mariachiara Di Giorgio. John Edward Peters

Review

A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book
An Indigo Best Kids' Book
A Quill & Quire Book of the Year
One of Chicago Public Library's Best Picture Books
One of School Library Journal's CaldeNott Honor Books
One of Betsy Bird's Best Picture Book picks

"Spare, incantatory lines by Fan lay down a soothing rhythm for this nocturnal idyll . . . [a] memorable vision of a peaceable kingdom." --STARRED REVIEW, Publishers Weekly
"It's difficult to create stories that plug directly into the looping logic of the minds of very young children that are also smart and engaging enough for adults in charge of bedtime reading. It's equally difficult to create the kind of picture book that feels timeless, quiet, and subtle without losing the interest of children. . . . [Q]uietly engaging and carefully executed." --STARRED REVIEW, Quill & Quire
"Night Lunch does indeed capture the spooky-gauzy enchantment of the wee hours, but readers may leave the book less inclined to shut their eyes than to head to the kitchen. . . . Readers' own senses will be stirred by Seiferling's bewitching digital art." --STARRED REVIEW, Shelf Awareness

MÁS DETALLES:

Peso del paquete: 1 kg
Medidas: 2 cm x 25 cm x 26 cm
Modelo: 9780735270572
Encuadernado: Pasta dura
Editorial: Tundra Books
Titulo del libro: Night Lunch (Libro en Inglés)
Autor: Fan, Eric
Fecha de publicación: 2022-09-27
Idioma: Inglés
Editor: Tundra Books
Número de páginas: 48
ISBN-13: 9780735270572
Edad mínima sugerida: 1
Genero literario: Infantil - Juvenil
Contenido del paquete: 1 libro
SKU: 9780735270572