{"product_id":"dark-emperor-and-other-poems-of-the-night-a-newbery-honor-award-winner-hardcover","title":"Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night: A Newbery Honor Award Winner - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Sidman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRick Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 2011 Newbery Honor Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eCome feel the cool and shadowed breeze, \u003cbr\u003ecome smell your way among the trees, \u003cbr\u003ecome touch rough bark and leathered leaves: \u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the night. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the night, where mice stir and furry moths flutter. Where snails spiral into shells as orb spiders circle in silk. Where the roots of oak trees recover and repair from their time in the light. Where the porcupette eats delicacies--raspberry leaves!--and coos and sings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCome out to the cool, night wood, and buzz and hoot and howl--but do beware of the great horned owl--\u003cem\u003efor it's wild and it's windy way out in the woods! \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThis Newbery Honor-winning picture book combines beautifully written poetry with facts of the forest and elaborate illustrations to form a marvelously engaging collection.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce Sidman is the award-winning poet of many fine books, including two Caldecott Honor books, \u003ci\u003eRed Sings from Treetops\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSong of the Water Boatman.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. www.joycesidman.com Rick Allen makes his Houghton Mifflin picture book debut with this very book. He produces myriad printed ephemerae at The Kenspeckle Letterpress in Duluth, Minnesota. www.kenspeckleletterpress.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 10.1 x 10.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Newbery Medal (2011)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cybils (2010)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (2011)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lower Grades, K-3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45605220778028,"sku":"9780547152288","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/dark-emperor-and-other-poems-of-the-night-a-newbery-honor-award-winner-hardcover","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}