Just beautiful. Who doesn't love taking a walk at dusk and seeing the lit up window's of neighbors houses? This book is sweet, simple, to the point and romantic. I will read it again and again.

A quiet, pleasant book. Great for bedtime.

A warm fuzzy book about all the things you see in windows in the evening. Would make a good read aloud for a city or nighttime theme.

A great book to read before taking an evening walk. Might be great for an evening or pj story time.

A boy takes his dog for an evening walk and gets glimpses into other lives in his neighborhood.

Julia Denos has written a book about one of my favorite visuals: glowing windows in a neighorhood at dusk. A boy walks his dog in the evening and contemplates the slices of life offered by the windows. Props to illustrator E.B. Goodale for finding ways to vary the composition over many page turns. Just beautiful.

The text is simple and contemplative, but the illustrations just shine. They open up worlds of possibilities - you can ask kids to imagine what's going on in each of these other scenes. Do they see the boy outside? They can have their own entire story that just happens to include this day and this window.

The whole time I was reading this, I couldn’t get over how much it reminded me of my years living in Somerville. Don’t be silly, I told myself, it could probably be any generic east coast city, you’re just projecting. BUT NO! It IS Somerville! Complete with a Brazilian main character and a Virgin Mary yard statue and all the triple-deckers you could ever want.

Full disclosure, 5yo found this boring. 3yo could be coaxed into enjoying spotting the cats and dogs and other little grace notes. Maybe a good gift for parents who’ve spent time on the Camberville side of the Charles. Or moms who would enjoy remembering their pretentious days discussing the role of the flâneur at dusk in modernist literature cough cough.

A delightful celebration of voyeurism.

A book about observing the world around you and the magic that happens as day becomes night and lights light up windows.
"...Some windows will have dinner, or TV. Others are empty and leave you to fill them up with stories."