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PreS-Gr 2—The shadows of a summer night sing the promise of morning to a boy and his cat as they venture out into the dark yard surrounding their house. In the introductory scene just before the title page, the redheaded boy, tucked in bed in his darkened room, addresses the black cat curled above him, gazing through the window at the dusky world. "Good-night, Sylvie." Sylvie, it soon appears, is not ready for sleep and meows insistently until the two tiptoe through the sleeping house and out into the nighttime shadows. Gerstein's roughly sketched scenes with well-chosen de...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

An unnamed boy and his cat, Sylvie, sneak out of the house in the middle of the night to experience the wonders of the world after dark and the following dawn. The story begins before the title page, with the boy bidding good night to Sylvie, who’s perched by his bedroom window looking out at the darkening sky. Fast forward to the wee hours, when Sylvie wakes her boy and the pa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Cat Sylvie wakes her boy in the wee hours. Outside, they encounter animals waiting for something. Gerstein defines characters and obj...Log In or Sign Up to Read More