Imagine a Night

by Rob Gonsalves and Sarah L. Thomson

Book Overview

Imagine a night when you can ride your bike right up the stairs to your bed. Imagine a night when your toy train rumbles on its tracks out of your room and roars back in, full sized, ready for you to hop on for a nighttime adventure. Imagine a night when a farmer plays a lullaby on his fiddle, and his field of sunflowers begins to dip and sway to the rhythm. Imagine a night when ordinary objects magically become extraordinary...a night when it is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689852185
• ISBN13: 9780689852183
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.2" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Amazing!

"Imagine a night" is woderful. The pictures are incredible and take you to the path of imagination as you never have seen it before. This book is worth every penny!

Exercise your child's imagination

We loved both Imagine a Night and Imagine a Day. The artwork is a great introduction to surrealism and more importantly the power of imagination. It is a great way to teach your children to think out-of-the-box. Since receiving this as a gift myself, I have made it a standard for baby gifts to others. Always the same response, "what an unbelievable book".

4 and a half but willing to be generous

I gave this book 5 stars to balance it with the 4 that I gave his other book; Imagine a Day. Both books are awash with the same wonderful surrealism. Its a trip to another world on par with Escher. Unfortunately the trip is far too short, only 16 paintings. His two books should be combined to one in my opinion but other than that a great experience.

Wonderful art!!!

The art in this book by Rob Gonsalves is wonderful!! It is filled with imagination and an awesome use of unusual, yet clever, perspective. Figures emerge from nature, buildings emerge from canyons, priests emerge from cathedral windows...the list goes on and on. The limited text in the book is more of a reflection of the paintings rather than the other way around. I didn't need the text for the book to inspire me. If I were rating the text alone, it would be so, so. The paintings are what make this book spectacular! The book should be considered for most all age groups. Even though it appears to be geared more toward a child audience (because of it's size and the typestyle/font), I wouldn't buy this book for a small child. However, I think it could be appreciated by those 10 and older.

Very imaginative book!

Based upon a series of paintings by Rob Gonsalves, the author has magically created a book of transformation. The paintings and the text are both wonderful and work very well together. This book would be inspiring to anyone. It is imaginative, creative and uses rich language...something important for the development of children into good writers. I intend to use this book in my classroom for an interesting writing assignment that will also require the students to delve into their imaginations.