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Night Flight

by David Barclay Moore Publisher: CANDLEWICK BOOKS

A nighttime search with a family reunion at its heart

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A nighttime search with a family reunion at its heart

A boy has trouble settling while his dads are out, and an unexpected pterosaur turns the night into a journey through familiar outdoor places and the darkness beyond. The search gives the story its shape, linking a child’s sense of loss to the comfort of being together again. With a young protagonist and a family with two dads, the book brings LGBTQ+ family representation into a picture-book adventure for young children.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 who enjoy imaginative nighttime adventures
  • Families seeking picture books that include two-dad families
  • Young readers drawn to stories about missing loved ones and reunion

Themes

Family and belongingSeparation and reunionImaginationLGBTQ+ family representation

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Book overview

When a boy's dads are away, it takes a giant leap and night of adventure to bring them home. A tender dreamscape story from the author of Boyogi and the illustrator of We Could Fly.

As a little boy's window glows warmly against the cold night, he gets tucked into bed while his dads enjoy an evening out. Sleep eludes him, weighted as he is with the feeling that he's lost something. Then he suddenly spots outside his window . . . a pterosaur? Soon, the boy and the magnificent creature are off, swooping and soaring, searching the park, the river, the dark itself, until he finds what he's looking for--and winds up back in his bed with his beloved dads beside him. In spare, evocative prose, David Barclay Moore conjures a wondrous nighttime journey, brought to luminous life in Briana Mukodiri Uchendu's illustrations.
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