{"id":18212,"date":"2012-12-06T09:33:41","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T14:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=18212"},"modified":"2014-05-11T21:48:24","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T01:48:24","slug":"nighttime-ninja-by-barbara-dacosta-illustrated-by-ed-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/nighttime-ninja-by-barbara-dacosta-illustrated-by-ed-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Nighttime Ninja by Barbara DaCosta, illustrated by Ed Young"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/12\/Nighttime-Ninja.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-26934\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/12\/Nighttime-Ninja.jpg\" alt=\"Nighttime Ninja\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/12\/Nighttime-Ninja.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/12\/Nighttime-Ninja-643x800.jpg 643w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/12\/Nighttime-Ninja-800x994.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>The draw here (couldn&#8217;t resist, ahem!) is the ever-spectacular art of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/mgrps\/divs\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/caldecottmedal\/caldecottmedal.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Caldecott Medal<\/a>-winner\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/edyoungart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ed Young<\/a>, this time using &#8220;cut paper, textured cloth, string, and colored pencil&#8221; to give dramatic motion to <a href=\"http:\/\/barbaradacosta.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barbara DaCosta<\/a>&#8216;s debut kiddie title.<\/p>\n<p>As the clock strikes midnight and everyone sleeps, the nighttime ninja climbs, clambers, balances, and leaps toward his ultimate goal. But before he can accomplish his oh-so-secret mission, the lights flash on &#8230; and he&#8217;s confronted by none other than &#8230; his mother (!!!!) &#8230; who assigns him a very different mission instead. Awww &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Surely we all know a night-creeper or two (<em>some<\/em> people never seem to sleep in our house!). Certainly they don&#8217;t need any more inspiration for trekking out in the wee hours! And perhaps sharing such a delightful adventure might make the bedtime ritual last a little longer, but rest assured, DaCosta&#8217;s <del>instructions<\/del> story with Young&#8217;s visual enhancements is\u00a0well worth the risk.<\/p>\n<p>To check out other Ed Young titles on BookDragon, <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?s=%22by+ed+young%22\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Children<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The draw here (couldn&#8217;t resist, ahem!) is the ever-spectacular art of\u00a0Caldecott Medal-winner\u00a0Ed Young, this time using &#8220;cut paper, textured cloth, string, and colored pencil&#8221; to give dramatic motion to Barbara DaCosta&#8216;s debut kiddie title. 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