Night Lights

Night Lights Electronic book published by ipicturebooks.com 24 W. 25th St. New York, NY 10011 For more ebooks, visit us at: http://www.ipicturebooks.com All rights reserved. Text copyright © 2000 by Steven Schnur Pictures copyright © 2000 by Stacey Schuett No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. e-ISBN 1-58824-328-1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schnur, Steven. Night lights / Steven Schnur ; pictures by Stacey Schuett. — 1st ed. p. cm. Summary: Each night before going to bed, Melinda counts the lights, from one seashell on the nursery wall to a million twinkling stars. ISBN 0-374-35522-3 [1. Counting. 2. Night—Fiction. 3. Bedtime—Fiction. 4. Stories in rhyme.] I. Schuett, Stacey, ill. II. Title PZ8.3.S2973Ni 2000 [E]—dc21

For Juliana My cherished day and night light —Steven Schnur

For Mark, Beth, and Fiona —Stacey Schuett

Steven Schnur Pictures by Stacey Schuett

Each night before she goes to bed, Melinda counts the lights:

ONE seashell on the nursery wall,

TWO blinking amber clocks,

THREE burning logs within the grate, FOUR candles near the blocks.

FIVE TV sets across the street, SIX lanterns on the lawn,

And SEVEN blinking fireflies,

EIGHT windows, lit till dawn.

NINE pairs of gleaming raccoon eyes, TEN flashlights sweep the sky,

ELEVEN racing bicycles,

TWELVE headlights rumble by.

THIRTEEN streetlamps light the park, FOURTEEN stoplights blink,

FIFTEEN towers scrape the sky, SIXTEEN bridges wink.

SEVENTEEN beacons sweep the coast, EIGHTEEN ships untie,

NINETEEN train cars light the tracks, TWENTY airplanes fly.

FIFTY pond-reflected moons,

ONE HUNDRED lightning bars,

A THOUSAND sparkling fireworks,

ONE MILLION twinkling stars!