The Night Worker [Paperback]

Going to the job site with Dad

When darkness falls and bedtime comes, Papa tucks Alex in, then puts on his hard hat and goes to work. Papa is an engineer who works at night. Take me with you, Alex says. Not tonight, says Papa. But one night Papa has a surprise -- a hard hat for Alex! He takes Alex with him to the construction site, where excavators rumble and cement mixers hum. As his dream comes true, Alex gets to be a night worker just like Papa. Kate Banks's evocative text and Georg Hallensleben's colorful paintings combine to make a unique bedtime book that will delight all children, especially those who are fascinated by big machines.

The Night Workeris a 2001 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

AuthorKate Banksand illustratorGeorg Hallenslebenhave collaborated on several books, includingAnd If the Moon Could Talk, winner of the Boston GlobeHorn Book Award,The Cat Who Walked Across France,Baboon, andClose Your Eyes. Banks lives in the South of France with her husband and two sons. Hallensleben lives in Paris.

[A] sublime evening story . . . Banks' elegant, simple words and poetic images and rhythms evoke the book's exciting activity . . . Hallensleben's paintings extend the story's balance of exhilarating intensity and reassuring calm . . . A lovely, affecting portrait of a father and son and of the night world. Starred, Booklist

The pictured warmth of the father-son relationship combines with restrained yet poetic text to make this take your son to work night' a special one indeed. Kirkus Reviews

A mesmerizing description of a busy nighttime realm, illuminated by blazing headlights and framed by silent skyscrapers. Starred, Publishers Weekly