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Grandfather Twilight (平装)
by Barbara Helen Berger
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Bedtime & dreaming, Story, Ages 0-8, Children's books |
| Market price: ¥ 98.00
MSL price:
¥ 88.00
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Pre-order item, lead time 3-7 weeks upon payment [ COD term does not apply to pre-order items ] |
MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| MSL Pointer Review:
A mystical bedtime story about how Grandfather Twilight prepares the world for sleep taking a pearl out of his trunk each night and places it in the sky, which gives you the most peaceful and sleepy feeling, and helps you to enjoy the beauty of the surrounding nature. |
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Kathryn (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
A favorite as my grandchildren visited. Read often before bed. Easy story and beautiful pictures. A must have for every family with young children. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
We read this book every night. With little being said, we are transported to a magical land. It has made the moon even more special. I highly recommend it; it is one of my few favorites. |
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Lyvie (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
I remember reading this book on my 3rd birthday, my mom's friend got it for me and it still has her little message on the inside cover! I LOVE this book; it has the most beautiful illustrations of any book I have read. If you like this book you will most likely like When the Sun Rose by the same author. I love this book and continue to read it when I feel like I need peace and calm. If you're thinking of buying please do you will love it!! |
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Mike (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
Grandfather Twilight is one of the best picture books, for everyone from the youngest toddlers to the grandparents that read it to them. I rank it in the top four of my favorite picture books, along with Turnbull's and Foreman's The Sand Horse, Blyler's and Blake's Finding Foxes, and Clements's and Kiesler's Temple Cat. Each of these books offers, in the simple format of a picture book, the sort of profound concepts that form the basis of the greatest literature. In the case of Grandfather Twilight, Barbara Helen Berger presents a beautifully illustrated myth of her own creation, giving young readers a gentle introduction to the concept of metaphor in its anthropomorphic title character. The text is classically slight and spare, and so able to avoid any hint of saccharine condescension. The surreal illustrations manage the neat trick of being bright and vibrant, while conveying a feeling of soothing calm. Berger has written and illustrated several other excellent picture books, including Animalia, and a wonderful book for older children, Gwinna. These, along with Grandfather Twilight, will be on children's shelves for many generations to come. |
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Ann (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
What a sweet, wonderful book! I read this many, many times to my now 16 year old daughter, and now that I have a new baby, I'm excited to have a good excuse to read it over and over again! The other reviews I read are right on track, you won't be disappointed in this book. You'll want to believe the story is true! (Who knows, maybe it is!) |
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Erika Mitchell (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
This book is a mystical bedtime story that tells a modern myth of where the moon comes from-Grandfather Twilight takes a pearl out of his trunk each night and places it in the sky. The book is big on pictures and light on words (only about 100), with fewer and fewer words as the story progresses. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
I've owned this book for as long as I can remember, and I've recently rediscovered it on the eve of my departure for college. I read it fairly often before bed because it has such a calming effect. Every page draws you in with its beauty. The ocean paintings are my favorite part of this book because the waves look like you could lie right down in them and they would cradle you in a perfect, long sleep. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
I cannot recommend this book highly enough! Both my children (ages 7 and 3) love it, and we read it often, sometimes just for a bit of a break during the day. This beautifully illustrated, almost-wordless, story of how Grandfather Twilight prepares the world for sleep is food for the soul on many levels: 1. First is the simple story of Grandfather Twilight taking a pearl from an endless strand in a magic chest, then walking to the sea where the pearl gets larger and larger and finally becomes the glowing full moon, which then hangs in the night sky and lights his way home. Grandfather Twilight lives in a house made of trees with his companions, a dog and cat. 2. What are Grandfather Twilight's other occupations? How does he spend his day? Who is, he, really? Wouldn't we like to live in a house like his? Where did he get the chest full of pearls? How does the pearl get larger and larger? These questions and more arise from the vivid, detailed illustrations. 3. The illustrations themselves warrant study. My son (age 7) and I were awed one day sitting on the porch swing when our actual twilight sky became the *exact* colors of the twilight emanating from Grandfather's beard and hair. Get this book, you won't be disappointed! |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
I have had this book for many years... way before I got married and had children. The illustrations of this, as well as "When the Sun Rose" are so extraordinarily beautiful I just had to make it part of my collection. I started reading this to my 7 year old when she was 2, and we read it and "When the Sun Rose" every night for years! We both have it memorized and often times we take turns reciting it to our 2 year old. We change the wording a bit... it's "Paka Twilight" instead of "Grandfather Twilight" because he looks just like my Dad... who the kids call Paka. It makes it all the more special, because Paka helps me get the girls to sleep at night, even though he's on the other side of the Country! This is just a beautiful, lulling, gentle book that we love love love! |
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Celandine (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
Every evening, Grandfather Twilight "puts down his book", takes out a pearl from the chest in his home among the trees, and begins to walk. The pearl grows bigger and bigger, trailing rosy clouds and bringing the serenity of dusk, until he lifts it up into the sky as the moon. This book is enchanting, and was my favorite bedtime story from as far back as I can remember. The story seems to flow like the stream and the sky that trails beautifully behind Grandfather Twilight, and the illustrations are wonderful-just peaceful, feel-like-you're-there-and-want-to-be pictures! Reading gives you the most peaceful and sleepy feeling, and helps you to enjoy the beauty of the surrounding nature- one of those stories that makes you just glad to "be." |
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