The House in the Night

The 2009 Randolph Caldecott Medal

by Susan Marie Swanson, illustrated by Beth Krommes
Houghton Mifflin, 2008, ISBN 13: 978-0618862443, $17 hardcover, 40 pp. 

A timeless good-night book for the very young, inspired by the pattern of the traditional poem, "This is the key of the kingdom”.
Pre-K to Grade 1. 

Awards

• The 2009 Randolph Caldecott Medal
  
• Starred review: Kirkus
• Starred review: Booklist
• Starred review: The School Library Journal
• Starred review: Publishers Weekly
• A Junior Library Guild Premiere Selection
• 2008 Parents' Choice Approved
• AARP Books for Grandparents
• Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2008
• Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books of 2008
• New York Public Library's Children's Books 2008: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
• San Francisco Chronicle's Best Holiday Books for Young Readers
• ABC Best Books for Children
• 2008 Booklist Top of the List - Youth Picture Book
• CJ 1st Picture Book Festival, Seoul, Korea
• Minnesota Book Award for Children's Literature