Good Night, Planet (Toon Books Level 2)
by Liniers (Author)
New York Times Notable Children's Books of 2017
New York Times Best Bedtime Stories of 2019
When you go off to sleep, your toys go out to play! After a long day of jumping in leaves and reading her favorite books, this little girl is wornout, but her favorite stuffed animal, Planet, is just getting started. Planet befriends a dog, gobbles a cookie, and takes a leap into the unknown. This tender, gorgeous tale by the internationally renowned cartoonist Liniers will reveal to early readers the wonders that exist at night, in secret, after they close their eyes.
Liniers's US debut, The Big Wet Balloon, was selected as one of Parents Magazine's top ten, and his follow up, Written and Drawn by Henrietta, was named one of School Library Journal's Best Books of the Year.
Liniers is from Buenos Aires, Argentina, but he now lives in Vermont as the artist-in-residence at the Center for Cartoon Studies with his wife and three young daughters. They have fallen in love with the New England landscape, the house they live in, the night sky, and the family's new puppy, Elliot, all of which figure prominently in this book.
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On a fall afternoon, a girl plays with her stuffed animal, a fawn named Planet. He looks like an ordinary toy, but he leads a double life. After the girl says good night to him and falls asleep, Planet sits up. He's thin and gangly, and he gives the girl a kiss and slides out of bed. He distracts Elliot, the family spaniel, from using him as a chew toy with a cookie. Then a mouse appears with a better offer: "Want to see the biggest cookie ever?" (It's the full moon.) The mouse tries to get Planet to grab the moon from a tall branch, but the plan fails, and the animals trail home for cookies of the chocolate chip variety. The anticlimax offers a window into the logic of Liniers's world, where toys can live and speak but the laws of physics still apply. The writing is limited to a few exchanges of dialogue, the panel sequences are alternately poignant and funny, and there's quiet wisdom, too, as Planet tells the mouse, "Every animal, big or small, is a whole universe." Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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WINNER 2018 Eisner Award for Best Early Reader
New York Times Notable Children's Books of 2017
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2017
Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best List 2017
A Junior Library Guild Selection
"A beautiful, original work for one-on-one or independent reading, and an excellent bedtime tale." - School Library Journal STARRED REVIEW
"A fast-moving, richly imagined story that loses nothing in repeated readings. A fable about a stuffed animal that comes to life risks being a tedious cliché, but in Liniers' skillful hands, Good Night, Planet is anything but." - The New York Times
One of The New York Times Book Review's recommended books of the week (November 27, 2017)
"A beautifully illustrated take on the classic idea of a child's beloved stuffed animal coming alive at night." - Comics Worth Reading
JUV008080 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Fantasy
Friendship
Mice
Dogs
Moon
Night
Stuffed animals (Toys)
Graphic novels
Cartoons and comics
Comics (Graphic works)
