- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic Canada (Aug 1 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0545986494
- ISBN-13: 978-0545986496
- Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 19.3 x 0.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #416,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Quill & Quire
Luca has an active imagination – especially at night, when he should be sleeping. Everyday objects in his bedroom suggest multiple adventures, and all he has to do is whisper, “Moonlight, Starlight, Twilight, Night Flight!” and off he goes. Sometimes he is a pirate sailing stormy seas and battling dinosaurs; sometimes he is Sir Knight of Succotash fighting a dragon; at other times he is an archaeologist discovering lost treasure. His parents always check on him and pull him back to reality just in time, urging him to stop the ruckus and go to sleep, but the adventures soon continue. This charming book takes seriously the desire of young children for both adventure and comfort. The parents’ interruptions are neatly fitted into Luca’s imaginary worlds: “The sultan of the bathroom / brings a goblet for his thirst, / And whispers to him softly, / ‘Play tomorrow. Sleep first!’” Messier’s rhyming text is lively and keeps the story moving along, although at times the rhythm falters and some rhymes seem forced. Pelletier’s colourful illustrations capture Luca’s bright dream-world perfectly, creating clever visual links between the dream-adventures and Luca’s ordinary life: his toothbrush becomes a “toothbrush-sword” for fending off dragons, the dromedaries in the desert carry his mother’s freshly laundered towels, and Luca’s yellow lampshade appears in several different journeys, visually binding the narrative together. Young readers will enjoy spotting these connections.
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Luca's parents would like him to go to sleep, but how can he? Everytime he gets into bed something magical...happens! He transforms into a knight who must fight a dragon! And then a captain of a submarine who must fight his last battle! And then suddenly he's an archaeologist digging in the desert! So much to get done before he goes to bed--if only his parents would stop interrupting! This story perfectly captures the reluctance of one child to end his day and his wild imagination. The illustrations enhance the humour as they straddle the line between fantasy and reality. A bedtime treasure!
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This review is from: Night Flight (Paperback)
Where would you go if you still had the imagination you had as a child?
What would you do? This is the story of Luca, a young boy who does not want to go to bed, and each time his parents tell him to go to sleep he begins a new adventure, first as a pirate, then as a Knight, then as an archeologist then a desert trek, and finally a deep sea adventurer. This book is wonderfully written and incredibly illustrated. It's a fun story for the whole family and it will set your child's imagination on fire and maybe bring back some of yours from your childhood.
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