D'après un poème chinois. Un vieil homme et son petit-fils, se réveillent à l'aube, au bord d'un lac pour pêcher.

L'aspect asiatique tient dans la lenteur du récit, l'épuration des illustrations. ( )

Like Rain, Rain Rivers, the illustrations here are less quaint and more dynamic, perhaps because the minimal action - sunrise and the transition from dark to light - holds little threat, and the main characters are cozily tucked in their blankets.

Curricular connections can include any study of art or slow action. ( )

Beautiful use of color:. Crisp white pages show slowly growing ovals of color -- beginning with deep shades of blue, adding more color as they light grows. The story itself is simple, quiet like the dawn it describes. Words are few and well chosen. Illustrations are watercolor. ( )

A book with dreamy art and simple text, DAWN would make a good opening read in a storytime on the theme of camp-outs (a topic of great interest to most preschoolers I've known). ( )