FICTION

Christopher Sat Straight Up in Bed

by Kathy LONG
illus. by Patricia Cantor. 32p. Eerdmans. 2013. Tr $16. ISBN 978-0-8028-5359-2. LC 2011035829.
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PreS—Christopher is spending the night at his grandparents' house, and a strange, scary noise ("Honk-shoo!") keeps interrupting his sleep. Is it an elephant trumpeting? A monster under the bed? A dinosaur? Bravely he creeps down the hall to investigate the source of the disturbance-his snoring grandpa. This simple but satisfying tale is sensitive and empowering in its depiction of Christopher confronting his nighttime fears. Cantor's luminous pastel on sanded paper illustrations abound with blues and purples that evoke the sometimes scary, sometimes comforting shadows of the moonlit house.—Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, MD
Reviewed by Kathleen Kelly MacMillan , Apr 01, 2013

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