I thought the art and the rhyme scheme was very well done, I like the repetition of the 'Night' always being capitalized, as if it's alive (though perhaps that's kind of the point). Not sure how I feel about the little girl character who is drawn with black features being described as having a 'face as white as the moon', was an odd choice I thought. Aside from that one line and the message it conveys, I did like the story.

I really enjoyed the concept of this book. One I will definately read to my kids as they get older and develop fears.

Очарователна история и прекрасни илюстрации, двете в комбинация създават едно такова приятно, топло и уютно усещане. ♡

Илюстрациите заслужават да ги спомена специално. Страхотно издание!

I never knew that Ray Bradbury wrote a children's picture book. This is such a fun story.

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A lovely alternative to switching off the light a plunging into the terror of a dark room. Bradbury at his best. The Dillions use Escher-like pictures to portray fear, and brilliant nearly neon pointillism to portray happier states. An excellent picture book.

Excellent story. It's too bad Bradbury never did more children's books; his prose style is well suited to them. And the illustrations to this later edition are very good (though I would like to see the 1955 original someday). The Dillons' work here evokes both M.C. Escher and Chris Van Allsburg.

Given his evocative literary voice, it's a bit surprising that Ray Bradbury did not write more books for children, but this obscure entry in his bibliography is solid, if slight. First published in 1955, this re-imagined republishing includes new Escher-inspired illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon which help to create the atmosphere of phobia which Bradbury's tale is meant to dispel. Whether Bradbury succeeds is open to testing, but his language is as engaging as ever, and his concept is solid. The only misstep is that the illustrators chose to portray the character of Dark as a black girl, despite Bradbury's description: "...her face was as white as the moon." This is the only glaring flaw, but for anyone with a child who is afraid of the dark, this story could be helpful.

Страхували ли сте се от тъмното някога? Хайде, признайте си, всички сме били деца, всички сме се страхували. Дори и Рей Бредбъри, който като дете се ужасявал от голямото стълбище в семейната си къща в Уокигън. Години по-късно, вече успешен писател, Бредбъри се връща към онзи отдавнашен страх, за да го пресъздаде в книга за деца. Ето го и стълбището, в прекрасно илюстрираното българско издание на „Включи нощта“, което се появи преди броени седмици от изд. „БГ книга“ и с илюстрациите на младата художничка Мира Мирославова.

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Most of Bradbury's novels deal with quite dark themes, but thankfully this book for children did not take up the same themes. The story is about a young boy who is terrified of the night, but who conquers his fear when he meets a young girl who teaches him that turning off the lights is just another way to turn on the night. Through his change in perspective the little boy is able to discover all that the night has to off - crickets, stars, and games with his fellow children. Bradbury's prose is, as always, masterfully wrought to give the story a softly lilting emotive quality that perfectly mimics the quiet magic of a summer night and is sure to sooth children who are equally afraid of the dark.

В детството ми юрганът представляваше закрила от неизвестностите на нощта. Нужен е някой, който да ти каже, че страшното и удивителното вървят ръка за ръка. Да ти покаже как да включиш нощта...