Good Night, Planet
(Toon Books Level 2)

Author

Liniers

Publication Date

September 12, 2017

Genre / Grade Band

Fiction / K − 1^st

Language

English

Format

Picture Book

Graphic Novel

Paperback

Hardcover

Description

New York Times Notable Children's Books of 2017

New York Times Best Bedtime Stories of 2019

When you go off to sleep, your toys go out to play! After a long day of jumping in leaves and reading her favorite books, this little girl is wornout, but her favorite stuffed animal, Planet, is just getting started. Planet befriends a dog, gobbles a cookie, and takes a leap into the unknown. This tender, gorgeous tale by the internationally renowned cartoonist Liniers will reveal to early readers the wonders that exist at night, in secret, after they close their eyes.

Liniers's US debut, The Big Wet Balloon, was selected as one of Parents Magazine's top ten, and his follow up, Written and Drawn by Henrietta, was named one of School Library Journal's Best Books of the Year.

Liniers is from Buenos Aires, Argentina, but he now lives in Vermont as the artist-in-residence at the Center for Cartoon Studies with his wife and three young daughters. They have fallen in love with the New England landscape, the house they live in, the night sky, and the family's new puppy, Elliot, all of which figure prominently in this book.

Publication date

September 12, 2017

Genre

Fiction

ISBN-13

9781943145201

Lexile Measure

290

Publisher

Toon Books

Series

Toon Books Level Two

BISAC categories

JUV040000 - Juvenile Fiction | Toys, Dolls & Puppets
JUV008080 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Fantasy

Library of Congress categories

Toys
Friendship
Mice
Dogs
Moon
Night
Stuffed animals (Toys)
Graphic novels
Cartoons and comics
Comics (Graphic works)

ALA/Booklist

Starred Review

There are plenty of stories about what toys get up to at night, but this quiet, masterfully executed comic is particularly enchanting.

Kirkus

Starred Review

Liniers continues his run of clever comics for kids, with a fun adventure and panels full of easy-to-follow action. Delightful.

None

Liniers' thin, sketchy ink lines are complemented by a beautiful watercolor palette that adds depth and mass to his forms, in addition to his masterful use of crosshatching (especially during nighttime scenes).

Publishers Weekly

On a fall afternoon, a girl plays with her stuffed animal, a fawn named Planet. He looks like an ordinary toy, but he leads a double life. After the girl says good night to him and falls asleep, Planet sits up. He's thin and gangly, and he gives the girl a kiss and slides out of bed. He distracts Elliot, the family spaniel, from using him as a chew toy with a cookie. Then a mouse appears with a better offer: "Want to see the biggest cookie ever?" (It's the full moon.) The mouse tries to get Planet to grab the moon from a tall branch, but the plan fails, and the animals trail home for cookies of the chocolate chip variety. The anticlimax offers a window into the logic of Liniers's world, where toys can live and speak but the laws of physics still apply. The writing is limited to a few exchanges of dialogue, the panel sequences are alternately poignant and funny, and there's quiet wisdom, too, as Planet tells the mouse, "Every animal, big or small, is a whole universe." Ages 4-8. (Sept.)

Liniers

Liniers's U.S. debut, The Big Wet Balloon, was selected as one of Parents Magazine's top ten and his follow up, Written and Drawn by Henrietta, was a Mildred L. Batchelder Award honor book and named one of School Library Journal's Best Books of the Year. Liniers is from Buenos Aires, Argentina, but he now lives in Vermont with his wife and three young daughters. They have fallen in love with the New England landscape, the house they live in, the night sky and the family's new puppy, Elliot, all of which figure prominently in GOOD NIGHT, PLANET.

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