Many children go through a phase in which they’re afraid of the
dark. The Game of Light by Hervé Tullet may be just the ticket
to shed that fear. Read it first all the way through with the
lights on so your child can see the themes the author-artist
explores, such as sunlight (“In the daytime, everything is
bright”), flowers in bloom, and fish in the sea. Tullet also
mentions, “Everything flies around,” and when you shine a light
through that page, your child can make out a stick figure hidden
among the rectangles (arms and legs) and circle (head), and on
the next page, four faces “light up the room.” So when your
youngsters think they see a monster hiding in the shadows, the
shining faces and the “everything” that flies around in Tullet’s
book can replace those menacing images. If you hold the book up
by its front and back covers, they combine to create a
continuous panorama of moon and stars. This book will help your
child welcome the dark, replacing shadowy figures that may have
frightened them with fish a