Book Review: "It's a Firefly Night" by Dianne Ochiltree

Summer is a magical time for a child--swimming, biking, vacations, sleep-overs, summer camp, and plenty of time to play outside all add together to create a time of wonder and discovery. There's nothing more iconic and magical about a balmy childhood summer night than racing across the lawn catching fireflies, and Dianne Ochiltree and Betsy Snyder introduce their young readers to this delightful tradition in their lovely new book "It's a Firefly Night."

"When the moon is high/ and the stars are bright,
Daddy tells me,/ 'It's a firefly night!"

 With beautifully saturated colors to mimic the velvety darkness of nighttime, Ochiltree and Snyder introduce us to a little girl as she hunts for fireflies with her dad. The story and rhyming are very sweet and perfect for a bedtime story, while Snyder's illustrations are friendly and warm with tiny creatures of all sorts to spot on almost every page. The book also advocates catch and release as, 'I love catching fireflies,/ but they are not mine." Introduce your little one to the joys of firefly hunting today by clicking on the link above. Perfect for the preschool set.

--Andrea W., H.Q.