Friday 56 & Book Beginnings

Hosted by Storytime with Tonya and Friends
Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to this blog.

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* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Twenty minutes later we came out of the forest into a sloped pasture, the silky grass dotted with white and blue wildflowers.

p. 56, The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Becky at Page Turners. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading. If you like, share with everyone why you do, or do not, like the sentence.

Cover of The Night Fairy

Flory was a night fairy.

~The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz & illustrated by Angela Barrett

Well, this first sentence certainly sets the stage for the rest of the book.  ;)  I've been reading this book with my six-year-old daughter and our two young housemates (ages 5 and 11).  It's a little tricky as a night-time read with people in three different beds because it's hard to share Angela Barrett's beautiful watercolor illustrations.  But we just make sure to look at a few before we start and more in the morning.  :)

A Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na

A Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na

A very short picture book perfect for bedtime for the under 4 crowd.  With less that 20 words on each page and soothing, beautiful illustrations ("created by combining handmade painterly textures with digitally generated layers, which were then compiled in Adobe Photoshop"), A Book of Sleep talks about how various animals sleep (standing up, alone, etc.) while the owl stays awake and watches them all.  Would make an excellent gift for a young child.  (I haven't asked my six-year-old about it yet, but I know that the text is probably too simple for her to read it more than once.)