
Nighttime Ninja
Ed Young
(Artist)Description
With spare text and lush illustrations, Nighttime Ninja is a fun, adventure-filled story about the power of play and imagination.
Product Details
Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Publish Date | September 18, 2012 |
Pages | 32 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9780316203845 |
Dimensions | 10.1 X 8.2 X 0.5 inches | 0.9 pounds |
About the Author
Ed Young is the illustrator of more than eighty books for children, including the Caldecott Medal-winning Lon Po Po, and the New York Times bestseller Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein. He has also written and illustrated The House Baba Built, which recounts his childhood in Shanghai. Born in China, Ed moved to the United States as a young man and pursued his love of art. Nighttime Ninja is the type of picture book Ed would have loved as a young boy. He currently lives in New York.
Reviews
"A spare text loaded with tension paired with evocative illustrations make this a bedtime story that will be asked for again and again."--The Horn Book
"Succinct language full of vivid verbs describing the action sets the mood for Young's lushly textured illustrations...Good to share at bedtime with antsy adventurers."--Kirkus
"Wonderfully mysterious...[A] pitch-perfect bedtime read."--The Wall Street Journal
"Young's austere, nearly abstract mixed-media collage illustrations...perfectly complement DaCosta's spare but neatly suspenseful story."--School Library Journal
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