The Way Home in the Night by Akiko Miyakoshi

Should you have trouble posting, please contact Thanks. The Way Home in the Night, written and illustrated by Akiko Miyakoshi (Kids Can Press) by The New York Times Best Illustrated List - The Horn Book Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Akiko Miyakoshi” A mother bunny and her little bunny walk home at night, and the little bunny experiences how his neighborhood. One comment to “What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week, Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher. Originally published as Yoru no Kaerimishi by Kaisei-Sha Publishing Co, 201. English translation © 2017 Kids Can Press. The Way Home in the Night, by Akiko Miyakoshi. This edition published by Kids Can Press in 2017. “Some nights are ordinary, and other nights are special.” “I wonder if she is going to the station. “As I fall asleep, I hear footsteps in the street.” Maybe someone is watching TV.Īnd it sounds like there is a big party next door.” I’m following up with some art from the book today. Last week, I wrote here about Akiko Miyakoshi’s newest picture book, originally released overseas in 2015, The Way Home in the Night (Kids Can Press, April 2017). That’s what’s on my mind at Kirkus today, as I look at three brand-new picture books. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. A deeper reading could encourage critical thinking by comparing the different pastimes of the neighbors or, ultimately, what it means to be home.“My mother carries me through the quiet streets.”Įarth Day is every day. The Way Home in the Night - Ebook written by Akiko Miyakoshi. This offers a perfect prompt for young children to create extensions of other stories they have read or heard. The book is intriguing in that it contains twice-told stories, once as they are observed and second as the bunny imagines them. We follow the two of them as they travel through an urban. Award-winning author and illustrator Akiko Miyakoshi's softly focused black-and-white illustrations with just a touch of neutral color have a dreamlike quality, just right for nodding off to sleep with. Mama is carrying baby bunny home in order to get ready for bedtime. This beautiful picture book captures the magical wonder a child feels at being outside in the night. ?Are the party guests saying goodnight? Is the person on the phone getting ready for bed? And what of the footsteps that can be heard in the street as the bunny falls asleep?Will she take the last train home? But the bunny continues to wonder about the neighbors' activities. When they reach home, the father rabbit tucks the bunny into bed. ?Most of our neighbors are already home.? The bunny can see their lights in the windows, and hear and smell what they might be doing: talking on the phone, pulling a pie out of the oven, having a party, saying goodbye. ?My mother carries me through the quiet streets,? the bunny explains. A mother rabbit and her young bunny are on their way home in the dark night.

The Way Home in the Night by Akiko Miyakoshi