The House in the Night is a reassuring bedtime story that is based on a nursery rhyme. Apparently there is a nursery rhyme that starts with the line " This is the key of the kingdom, in that kingdom is a city". I've never heard that nursery rhyme before. The author, Susan Marie Swanson, was inspired by that pattern to create The House in the Night. It reminded me very much of my oldest son's all time favorite Goodnight Moon. Both books contain a certain amount of repetitiveness - an element that children love. Beth Krommes uses only three colors in the illustrations: black, white, and yellow. The yellow really pops off the page - which is fitting as it represents the light throughout the house.
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