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Fight the Night
Tomie dePaola
Illustrator: Tomie dePaola
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2020
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-5344-4373-0
Keywords: bedtime, sleep, resistance
Animated, crosshatched black ink/color illustrations elevate the story of a young boy's struggle to resist sleep, revisiting a 1968 classic.