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Aug 3, 2023 | read.hbook.com | Roger Sutton |Emily Martin |Aimée Sicuro

Roger Sutton: Where did Ahoy! come from? Sophie Blackall: Ahoy! began, strangely, with a drawing that I didn’t intend to turn into a book. It was a standalone drawing that I did because the author and illustrator Ruth Chan made me do a horrible draw-off—one of those competitive things where people throw prompts at you, and you have to draw in a minute. They’re torture for illustrators unless you’re someone like Paul Zelinsky.

Jul 4, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Jimmy Fallon |Miguel Ordóñez |Aimée Sicuro

A cut-paper extravaganza welcomes young readers to the wonders of the nighttime. The titular phrase “In the night garden” kicks off this exploration of a bedtime world. Indeed, those words repeat themselves several times as readers watch fireflies that resemble stars, the opening of perfumed moonflowers, and a black cat that acts as a guide through most of the book.

Mar 15, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Aimée Sicuro |Kelly Starling Lyons |Luke Flowers

GOODNIGHT LAKE SUPERIOR by Thelma Lynne Godin ; illustrated by Katie Eberts ‧ A family experiences the coming of evening on the shores of Lake Superior. This colorful, simple tale combines a rhyming narrative with a repeating “hush-a-bye” refrain: “Hush-a-bye, sun. / Hush hush-a-bye, sky.” “Hush-a-bye, eaglets.