Go Away, Dark Night [Hardcover]

Liz Curtis Higgs (Author), Nancy Munger (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up

Nobody Needs to be afraid of the dark.

Poor Griffin. Every night when he turns out the lights, his room turns as black as a starless sky. He tries to be brave, but his toes curl up and his hands grow cold and his heart beats fast and his legs turn to jelly.

Can someone take away the shakes and the shivers and the quakes and the quivers? Is there anybody big enough to keep him safe?

Tenderly written to help calm children’s fears, this delightfully illustrated tale reassures children that they are not alone in feeling afraid of the dark and offers them this comforting promise: “God’s perfect love takes away fear” (1 John 4:18).

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Young Griffin doesn't like the dark. Every night the dark "made his toes curl up/ and his hands grow cold/ and his heart beat fast/ and his legs turn to jelly." So Griffin turns on every light in his room and snuggles up with his teddy bear. When his mother calls to him to turn out the lights, Griffin longs to have someone stay with him so he won't be afraid of the dark. His mother tells him that God, who is bigger than either Griffin's mother or father, "can fit in your room, fit in your bed, fit in you!" That night Griffin feels God's presence in his room and sleeps peacefully, no longer afraid of the dark. Munger's soft, fuzzy watercolors feature undefined characters that don't serve the text. Higgs (The Sunflower Parable) weaves Bible verses into the story to remind children of God's presence. Ages 2-6.
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From the Inside Flap

The darkness can be scary. But nobody needs to be afraid of the dark. That's the encouraging message in Go Away, Dark Night, the newest children's book by Liz Curtis Higgs (author of the best-selling Parable series: The Pumpkin Patch Parable, The Parable of the Lily, The Sunflower Parable, and The Pine Tree Parable).

Go Away, Dark Night is the story of a young boy named Griffin who is afraid of the dark. Every night when he turns out the lights, his room turns as black as a starless sky. Griffin tries to be brave, but his toes curl up and his hands grow cold and his heart beats fast and his legs turn to jelly. If only someone could help him!

Is there anybody big enough to keep him safe? Can anyone take away the shakes and the shivers and the quivers? Parents and children alike will find out what Griffin learns in this heart-warming modern children's classic, carefully crafted to help young children place their trust in the Lord.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: WaterBrook Press; 1st edition (October 20, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578561299
• ISBN-13: 978-1578561292
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 0.3 x 10.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #696,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Liz Curtis Higgs has been telling tales since she attempted her first novel--handwritten in a marble notebook--at the tender age of ten. Award-winning careers in radio broadcasting, public speaking, nonfiction writing, and children's books honed Liz's storytelling talents, bringing her back to her first love, storytelling.

She is the author of 28 books, with more than 3 million copies in print, including two contemporary novels, one novella, and six historical novels, among them her latest Scottish saga, Here Burns My Candle and Mine Is the Night, a New York Times bestseller.

Her popular nonfiction books include the Bad Girls of the Bible series of books, workbooks, and DVDs, with more than one million copies in print.

And she has written five books for young children, including perennial favorite, The Pumpkin Patch Parable.

Her children's Parable Series received an ECPA Gold Medallion for Excellence, her nonfiction book Embrace Grace won a Retailers Choice Award, and her novel Whence Came a Prince received a Christy Award for Best Historical Novel. Liz was an award-winning columnist for Today's Christian Woman for a decade. Her articles have also appeared in Faith&Friends (Canada), WomanAlive (Great Britian), and Enhance (Australia). More than 4,500 churches nationwide are using her video Bible study series, Loved by God.

A gifted professional speaker, Liz has presented more than 1,600 inspirational programs for audiences in all fifty United States and fourteen foreign countries. When the National Speakers Association honored her with the Council of Peers Award for Excellence, Liz became one of only 32 women in the world named to their CPAE-Speaker Hall of Fame.

Feature articles about Liz have appeared in more than 250 major newspapers and magazines, as well as on Salon.com, Beliefnet.com, and Spirituality.com. She has been interviewed on more than 600 radio and television stations, including guest appearances on PBS, A&E, MSNBC, NPR, TBN, CBC Canada, BBC Radio Scotland, Rhema Broadcasting New Zealand, Radio Pulpit South Africa, Focus on the Family, Life Today, 100 Huntley Street, Midday Connection, and Janet Parshall's America.

On the personal side, Liz is married to Bill Higgs, Ph.D., who serves as Director of Operations for her speaking and writing office. Liz and Bill enjoy their old Kentucky home, a nineteenth-century farmhouse in Louisville, and are the proud (and relieved) parents of two college grads, Matt and Lilly. Visit Liz's Web site: http://www.LizCurtisHiggs.com

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great book!, July 14, 2005

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This review is from: Go Away, Dark Night (Hardcover)

This was a very good book for my 6 year old who was afraid of the dark. He seem to really get alot out of it. I love the scriptures along w/ the story. It really reminds us about Gods prescence and his power! He is a Great Big God!! I recommend this to any parent!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better and Better!, August 19, 2001

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This review is from: Go Away, Dark Night (Hardcover)

Precious! Liz Curtis Higgs continues to produce the quality books parents, teachers, and grandparents look forward to purchasing for their children or grandchildren. - or themselves!! The topic is so real to kids and she makes the story come alive!! Great illustrations, too!!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where was this book when I was a little girl?, September 24, 1998

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This review is from: Go Away, Dark Night (Hardcover)

This book is the perfect combination of story and illustration. Higgs' gentle story will be a boon to children who are afraid of the dark. And the illustrations are beautiful--cool blues and purples. A lovely, sweet book.