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  • Published: 15 October 2004
  • ISBN: 9780553112443
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $16.99

Switch On The Night




From bestselling writer Ray Bradbury and beloved author-illustrator duo Leo and Diane Dillon comes a unique, dreamy perspective on overcoming a fear of the dark.

A lonely little boy who is scared of the dark sits in his room alone, with only light for company, until a little girl named Dark appears and shows him that light switches don’t just switch off the light—they switch on the night. And to switch on the night is to switch on the stars, the moon, the crickets, and the frogs. With the Dillons’ dreamlike illustrations, Switch on the Night is sure to reassure any child who has felt afraid of the unkown; the story will also impress adult readers with its imaginative approach to understanding that which is different.

“Bradbury’s story of a boy who conquers his fear of the night with the help of a child named Dark has been newly illustrated with appropriately mysterious, dramatic artwork, clearly influenced by M. C. Escher’s work.”—The Horn Book

“The Dillons’ interpretation works well intellectually and aesthetically.”—Booklist

  • Published: 15 October 2004
  • ISBN: 9780553112443
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $16.99

About the author

Ray Bradbury

RAY BRADBURY (1920-2012) was for decades the world's most
preeminent authors of science fiction and fantasy, acclaimed for such renowned titles as
Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles. He began writing quite young, selling jokes
to radio comedian George Burns when he was 14, and publishing his first short story--to
Imagination magazine--when he was 18. He would go on to write not only seminal sci-fi,
but numerous other kinds of books, as well as numerous television and movie
screenplays, such as for TV's Twilight Zone and John Huston's Moby Dick. When he
died in 2012, President Obama said, "His gift for storytelling reshaped our culture and
expanded our world."

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