The Night Eater

This book is worth getting for the illustrations alone, round and clear and huggable. But as it happens, I like the story too and the image it creates of a being (you see him there!) that runs around gobbling up night so we can have day. It's such a fanciful idea, I just love it.

Delicious illustrations. This is a story about a creature whose responsibility is to eat the night away so that there is sun on earth. The moon criticizes him, alluding to the fact that he's getting fat, and he decides not to eat the night anymore. Of course, the unpleasant consequences of never-ending night on earth leads him to decide that he has a very important job and gets back to it. I could relate!

I have the tendency (very immature, actually) to quit if someone doesn't like what I'm doing. I can learn from the Night Eater.

Aptly named Night Eater eats the night so daylight can come. The moon makes a slight comment about his size, causing him to feel self conscious about eating so he stops. The result is a world without the sun. At first all enjoy the beauty of the night they have previously missed. It doesn't take long for everyone to miss the daylight. Illustrations evoke softness (almost like clouds, pillows, etc.), perfectly appropriate for a night story.

This is such a sweet story with amazing illustrations and words with great imagery. Poor Night Eater just wants to eat the stars that tickle him! This teaches children that we all have a purpose, and that words can hurt.

Every morning the night eater runs through the sky gobbling up all the darkness. One day he doesn't come and everyone is worried about who will take the night away in the morning.

Spanish version of our favorite book by our favorite illustrator/author Ana Juan

This is my FAVORITE children's book.