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Time for The Midnight Ball—A Gold Medal Winner!

By T.S. Poetry 3 Comments

The Midnight Ball with Mom's Choice Awards Gold Medal award winning children's books

New Book!—A Beautiful Time Story With Fun Alliteration

When Little Song is invited to a midnight ball at noon, she leaves right away, hoping to get to the party on time.

The Midnight Ball Teach Clock Skills to Children

And, while the party seems to be the true purpose of her journey, we soon understand it is secondary.

Enjoying the gorgeous landscape, entering into new friendships, encountering the generous spirit of strangers—this becomes the center of Little Song’s day.

As Little Song keeps journeying, day turns to afternoon, which turns to evening, which eventually turns to night. We see time passing on a changing pocket watch. We hear time passing in the narrative. And we notice that as the light changes, the animals our main character meets change. (Friendly frog in the afternoon versus moonlit moth at night, for instance. And, did you catch that alliterative fun—a secret introduction to poetic devices?)

Midnight Ball Little Song Invitation Children's Book

This is the second illustrated title from Sara Barkat (the first being for older readers: The Yellow Wall-Paper: A Graphic Novel).

Also rendered in pen-and-ink—but black instead of sepia—The Midnight Ball is whimsical and tender in style. We feel ourselves melting into the landscape with Little Song, whether in the fields, by the stream, or in the forests. All the while, a pocket watch quietly counts the hours and sometimes the minutes, providing a gentle adventure in time.

Midnight Ball Dedication with Pocket Watch Timepiece

Of course The Midnight Ball can be used to learn to read, or to learn to tell time, but first and most importantly it is a lovely friendship story that invites us in (and along).

Midnight-Spider

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Mom's Choice Gold Award for The Midnight Ball picture book

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A Favorite Friend From the Book

You can personalize the mug with any name you wish…

The Midnight Ball Spider Mug

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  1. Bethany R. says

    November 10, 2021 at 1:26 pm

    How charming. I just ordered a copy for my dear friend’s family. Thank you for bringing this uniquely beautiful work to light.

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  2. L.L. Barkat says

    November 10, 2021 at 3:15 pm

    Bethany, that’s lovely to hear. I hope they enjoy the book. I know Sara would be happy that the book has become a gift (after all, she first created it as a gift for a special little girl 🙂 ).

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  3. Bethany R. says

    December 28, 2021 at 7:03 pm

    How exciting about winning the Mom’s Choice Award too! Congratulations!

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