Light in Picture Books

Contributor's Form (list #59)

• ? Leave a Light On, Abby.
• ? Like Butter on Pancakes.
• Asch, Frank. Moon Bear books.
• Avi. The Bird, the Frog, and the Light : a fable. (paintings by Matthew Henry. New York : Orchard Books, c1994. A frog learns the truth about his self-importance when he meets a bird whose simple song brings the sun's light to the world. ISBN 0531068080; 0531086585 (lib. bdg.))
• Bartone, ? Peppe the Lamplighter.
• Berger, Barbara. Grandfather Twilight. (New York : Scholastic, c1984. Grandfather Twilight takes a pearl and carries it each night to place as our moon in the sky. ISBN 0590450123)
• Berger, Barbara. When the Sun Rose. (New York : Philomel Books, c1986. An imaginative little girl spends a happy day with her playmate, who arrives with a pet lion. ISBN 0399213600)
• Brinckloe, Julie. Fireflies! (New York : Macmillan ; c1985. A young boy is proud of having caught a jar full of fireflies, which seems to him like owning a piece of moonlight, but as the light begins to dim he realizes he must set the insects free or they will die. ISBN 0027133109)
• Carle, Eric. The Very Lonely Firefly. (New York : Philomel Books, 1995. A lonely firefly goes out into the night searching for other fireflies. ISBN 0399227741)
• Cosgrove, ? Buttermilk. (A Serendipity Book)
• Coy, John. Night Driving.
• Crews, Donald. Light.
• Desimini, Lisa. My house. (New York : Holt, c1994. Describes a house in different weather and light conditions. ISBN 0805031448)
• Dodd, Anne W. Footprints and Shadows. (illustrated by Henri Sorensen. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1992. Discusses where footprints and shadows go, as when footprints in the snow melt away or shadows are dispelled by light. ISBN 0671787160)
• Feder, ? Night Light.
• Fletcher, Ralph TWILIGHT COMES TWICE
• Fontenot, ? Star Seed. (Christmas story)
• Hurd, Thacher. Art Dog.
• Kreeger, ? Alaska ABC Book. (northern lights)
• Malone, ? By the Light of the Silvery Moon.
• Marzollo, Jean. Sun Song. (illustrated by Laura Regan. New York, NY : HarperCollins, 1995. Animals and plants respond to the sun's changing light over the course of a single day.
• Miles, Sally. Alfi and the Dark. (San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1988. On a night when he cannot fall asleep, Alfi meets The Dark and learns where he goes when someone turns on a light. ISBN 0877015279)
• Moorman, ? Light the Lights. (Christmas and Hanukkah)
• Moorman, Margaret. Light the Lights.
• Pilkey, Dav. The Paperboy.
• Raffi. One Light, One Sun.
• San Souci, Robert D. North Country Night.
• Singer, ? Power of Light. (Hanukkah stories)
• Van Allsburg, Chris. Bad Day at Riverbend.
• Van Allsburg, Chris. Polar Express.
• VerDorn, Bethea. Moon glows. (illustrated by Thomas Graham. -- 1st ed. -- New York : Arcade Pub., c1990. Text and pictures portray the moods of a moonlit night; from the kinds of light that come from a city, airport, highway, backyard, bedroom, and the country; to the animals who sleep beneath the lights of the night. ISBN 1559700734)
• Waber, Bernard. A Firefly Named Torchy. (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1970. A little firefly is unhappy because his light is so bright all the plants and animals think it is daytime.
• Wood, Audrey & Don. The Napping House.