Twilight Comes Twice

by Ralph Fletcher, Kate Kiesler (Illustrator)

Overview

Free-verse text describes the transition from day to night and from night to day, revealing the magic in these everyday moments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780395848265
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	10/20/1997
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 10.60(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	630L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Ralph Fletcher is the author of many well-received books for children, including the novels Fig Pudding and Flying Solo, and the picture books Twilight Comes Twice, Grandpa Never Lies, and Circus Surprise. He lives with his family in New Hampshire. Visit him online at ralphfletcher.com.

Born in New Hampshire and raised in Vermont, Kate Kiesler began painting at an early age. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and now paints and illustrates full-time. Kate paints with oils, and her rich style has been highly praised. Kate Kiesler has illustrated numerous picture books, including The Great Frog Race and Other Poems. She lives in Frisco, Colorado.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"A quietly alluring mood piece that focuses on the twilight times when at dawn and dusk, Fletcher finds impressionistic images that Kiesler makes concrete. . . . Words and art coalesce into an invitation to readers to move beyond the page and into their own explorations of twilight." Kirkus Reviews

Editorial Reviews

"A quietly alluring mood piece that focuses on the twilight times when at dawn and dusk, Fletcher finds impressionistic images that Kiesler makes concrete. . . . Words and art coalesce into an invitation to readers to move beyond the page and into their own explorations of twilight." Kirkus Reviews —

From the Publisher

A quietly alluring mood piece that focuses on the twilight times when "night and day stand whispering secrets before they go their separate ways" at dawn and dusk. Fletcher (Ordinary Things, p. 460, etc.) finds impressionistic images—"Dusk pours the syrup of darkness into the forest" and "dawn erases the stars from the blackboard of night"—that Kiesler makes concrete, by including in her lush, light-drenched paintings a girl and a dog who witness the topical observations of the text. The exploration of how these transitory periods affect the lives of people—from children playing in the park to fishermen casting out in the fading light, from commuters to the girl's family, setting the breakfast table—is achieved through an inclusive sensory range, from dusk's fireflies that swim through air to write "bright messages in secret code," to dawn's smell of doughnuts outside the bakery. Words and art coalesce into an invitation to readers to move beyond the page and into their own explorations of twilight.

Kirkus Reviews