A review by calistareads
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson

4.0

The beautiful illustrations in this book are scratchboard and watercolor black and white and orange. It is a beginner book with one phrase that moves the story along out and then back. It is based off of an old nursery rhyme.

This was very good at creating a mood: magical wonder of a child. It talks about light and being safely snug in our bed. I do love how the orange makes certain things like stars or lights pop out of the drawing.

The kids thought this book was good. My niece found the story was for younger kids, but she read it to the nephew and she gave it 4 stars. He thought it was a bit slow and he gave it 3 stars. That’s a reverse of how it usually is.