SWITCH ON THE NIGHT

Ray Bradbury, , illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. . Dell/Dragonfly, $6.99 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-553-11244-3

Now available in paperback, Bradbury's text, first published in 1955, got appropriately psychological illustrations from the Caldecott Medal–winning team (in 1993) for this tale of a boy who overcomes his fear of the night with the friendship of a girl named Dark. Ages 2-7. (Sept.)

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