The Midnight Farm

Sometimes the dark can be scary. But sometimes it's like a warm and comforting blanket, and never more so than in Reeve Lindbergh and Susan Jeffers's reassuring tour of a farm at midnight. Intertwined with Reeve Lindbergh's tender lullaby is a subtle counting rhyme searching out the farm's wild and domestic animals–one dog curled up in a ball; two white cats with a leftover glove; and a raccoon family, one, two, three.... Ms. Jeffers sensitively captures them all in richly shaded hues, revealing the midnight farm through the wonder-filled eyes of a mother and child.

Here for parents and children to share is a loving vision indeed–of nature and humanity in harmony, sheltered and protected by friendly darkness.