{"product_id":"the-blue-forest-bedtime-stories-for-the-nights-of-the-week-paperback","title":"The Blue Forest: Bedtime Stories for the Nights of the Week - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuke Fischer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephanie Young\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eTim Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThese tales are from a wondrous forest\u003cbr\u003eWhere trees are blue and flowers sing, \u003cbr\u003eA small girl finds a glowing chest\u003cbr\u003eEnclosing jewels, pearls, a ring.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA boy who sleeps high in a tree\u003cbr\u003eIs woken by a blue bird's song, \u003cbr\u003eAnd a red bird's melody\u003cbr\u003eInspires dreams the whole night long.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blue Forest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a collection of seven highly imaginative bedtime stories--a story for each night of the week, each featuring one of seven colors. The stories are set in a magical blue forest and tell of mysterious nighttime events and relationships involving humans, animals, and nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first story, a small girl, wearing a dress as white as the stars and embroidered with fine golden thread, walks a path through the forest of blue trees. While making her way through the silent woods, she discovers a casket of jewels from which she selects a silver ring. As she places it on her finger it twinkles in unison with a star, which just at that moment peers through the foliage of a nearby tree. In the last story an old woman tends a garden where the flowers unfold at nightfall to greet the stars. While the old woman sings and plants blue seedlings, a pink butterfly alights on her head. When she turns back to the garden path to her house, the pink butterfly flutters off into the dark woods, arriving at a simple hut where a girl in a white dress with golden embroidery sleeps. The seventh story thus joins the tales into a circle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther characters in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blue Forest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e include a red bird, whose mellifluous song inspires dreams; a boy who is led by a blue bird to a murky pond, where an enormous golden flower blossoms before his eyes; an astrologer who paints stars from his purple tower; a fish family that transports raindrop jewels to a secret subterranean sea cave; and a mother and baby possum who chance on a mysterious emerald-green sanctuary while seeking refuge from a sudden storm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tales of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blue Forest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e have an innovative and artistic character that presents bedtime stories in a new way. They were conceived and composed as bedtime stories in the most emphatic sense--their vivid painterly depictions, enigmatic occurrences, and archetypal imagery make the tales resemble the non-discursive and ethereal dreamscape of sleep. These stories enliven the imagination in a way that leads both the reader and listener seamlessly from the clear outlines of the daytime world into the elusive realm of dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe luminous, magical illustrations by Stephanie Young and Tim Smith beautifully serve the soothing and magical qualities of the stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Ages 6-9 years)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.6 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771310670112,"sku":"9781584209287","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/94f292063c71fe4132a9c09283b516e4.webp?v=1780384330","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-blue-forest-bedtime-stories-for-the-nights-of-the-week-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}