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November 1, 2012/in Picture Book Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant /by Angie Hill
BfK Rating:
BfK 197 November 2012
Reviewer: Jill Bennett
ISBN: 978-0230714427
Price: £11.99
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Genre: Picture Book
Age Range: Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Length: 32pp
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A Patch of Black

Author: Rachel RooneyIllustrator: Deborah Allwright

‘What can you do with a patch of black, a moon and a silver star?’

It can become a sail for a dreaming boat, a flag atop a castle wherein to entertain a dragon for tea, a flying carpet perhaps or even a hammock rocked by friendly jungle animals. Taking the star-spangled patch of black framed in her bedroom window as the motif to conjure such fantasy worlds, these are some of the possibilities a mother encourages her toddler daughter to entertain as bedtime approaches.

The dream-like quality of the mixed media illustrations complements the lullaby feel of the repeating patterned, rhyming text making the whole thing an ideal bedtime experience for individuals as well as a starting point for discussing feelings about the dark.

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