If You're Afraid of the Dark Add One More Star to the Night

by Cooper Edens

"If you're at the end of your rope...untie the knot in your heart."Such are the delightfully unconventional solutions offered in this long-awaited follow-up to the perennial If You re Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow, which has sold over a million copies. Cooper Edens's brand-new illustrations, in his bright and inimitable style, are paired with an equally new collection of phrases full of sparkling wisdom to soothe the fear and doubt lurking inside all of us. For those moments when the world - or at least the afternoon - looks a little bleak, this inspiring work offers whimsy, hope, and joy for every age.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

42 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1999

Reviews

[Lisa Vegan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Have I gone insane? I loathe spiritual books, inspirational books, flimsy content supposed to be profound books. And that’s what this book is. AND, I loved it. Okay, a few pages I did find to be really annoying or boring or “off” or with a creepy illustration, but there were so many pages I found comforting or thought provoking or simply fun. For those who like these types of books, this is a good one for anyone going through a challenging time. And for those, such as me, who don’t normally appreciate books such as this, it might be worth giving it a try. I’d sort of like a copy and, for friends unlike me, and I have several, I can see giving this book to them as a gift. The illustrations wonderfully work with the sparse text. I think people of most ages can enjoy this book, but in my opinion this is one of those picture books written primarily for adults and teens and older children. This adult loved ¾ of it, much to my surprise. 4 ½ stars

[Mir · Rating 3 out of 5]

Odd combination of trite, vaguely inspirational-sounding sentences, most of which make little sense when one actually thinks about them, and ones which overtly make no sense, like "If you find your socks don't match, stand in a flowerbed." Definitely not aimed at helping kids with fear of the dark.

[Purviben K. Trivedi-Ziemba · Rating 4 out of 5]

My goal for 2018 is to read 100 books.

I enjoy picture books and read them by dozens.

What kind of picture books you ask? Which authors?

Here is one of them.

If You're Afraid of the Dark, Add One More Star to the Night by cooper Edens



Cooper Edens dances on his own drum while encouraging us to skip along when encountering bumps in the road. His If you’re Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow and follow up If you’re Afraid of the Dark, Add one More Star to the Night are so full of joy, humor and sheer hope that I have to share the later with you.


"If you're afraid of the Dark,
Add one more start to night"
Painting a star in the sky!! Rather than cursing the darkness, let us shine a light. Good idea, ya?

“If you can’t find your marbles….
enlarge the game.”





How many times we find ourselves lost, discouraged and shaking our head with perceived constraints? How about rather than looking at our or others deficiency, we expand our game & look at new ways to solve the problem?


If your rabbit has trouble finding you…

practice your carrot calls”


Yup! If I forget everything else, let me remember the rabbit call. Let me meet my students, my kids where they are. Let me make sure I am enticing them to learn by providing fun opportunities not just the shackles of standardized test.

[Nicole Caldwell · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wow, this book is terrible! "If your world has come undone, fasten it securely to the horizon". What does that even mean? So if you are having a hard time, just stop having a hard time? What do any of these mean? So many "wish away your troubles!" types of wishes for the reader. I got this book in a bunch of free books and this one had an inscription for someone's 18th birthday. I do not recommend. I hope the person who turned 18 is ok and didn't just wish away their troubles whenever they had them throughout their life.

[Dan Mutter · Rating 5 out of 5]

“If one day you must leave home...draw stars on the bottom of your shoes to light your way back.”

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fave! This is an all-time bedtime book. :)
Thank you Shenandoah Pacete for this gift.