The Dark

A New York Times bestseller!

★ "Snicket and Klassen present a picture book that tackles a basic childhood worry with suspense, a dash of humor, and a satisfying resolution."―School Library Journal, starred review

Bestselling author Lemony Snicket teams up with Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen to create an irresistible picture book about conquering fear of the dark.

Laszlo is afraid of the dark.

The dark lives in the same house as Laszlo. Mostly, though, the dark stays in the basement and doesn't come into Lazslo's room. But one night, it does.

This is the story of how Laszlo stops being afraid of the dark.

With emotional insight and poetic economy, two award-winning talents team up to overcome a universal childhood fear.

★ "Readers are going to want to read this one over and over."―Library Media Connection, starred review

A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year - A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year - ALSC Notable Books for Children

Author: Lemony Snicket
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/02/2013
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 10.97h x 7.07w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9780316187480
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 157787 / Dark


Award: Greenaway Medal - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: NAPPA Gold Awards - Gold Medal Winner
Award: NAPPA Gold Awards - Gold Medal Winner
Award: Monarch Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Colorado Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Golden Archer Award - Nominee
Award: Governor General's Literary Awards - Finalist
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner
Award: Star of the North Picture Book Award - Nominee
Award: Charlotte Zolotow Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/21/2013 pg. 65
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2013
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2013 pg. 91
Booklist 03/01/2013 pg. 58
School Library Journal 04/01/2013 pg. 144
New York Times Book Review 04/14/2013 pg. 14
Shelf Awareness 04/09/2013
New York Times Book Review 04/21/2013 pg. 24
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2013 pg. 483 - Book Of Special Distinction
Quill & Quire 06/01/2013 pg. 34
People Weekly 08/12/2013 pg. 67
New York Times Book Review 11/10/2013 pg. 31
PW Best Children's Books 11/11/2013 pg. 23
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2013 pg. 32
Shelf Awareness 12/13/2013
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/08/2013 pg. 35
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
BookPage 04/01/2013
School Library Journal 02/01/2017

About the Author
Lemony Snicket had an unusual education and a perplexing youth and now endures a despondent adulthood. His previous published works include All the Wrong Questions, the thirteen volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Composer is Dead, and 13 Words.

Jon Klassen is the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling I Want My Hat Back, which won a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor, and its companions: This Is Not My Hat, which won a Caldecott Medal and a Kate Greenaway Medal, and We Found a Hat, named a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year. He is also the author-illustrator of The Rock from the Sky and the illustrator of Extra Yarn, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Triangle, Square, and Circle, all by Mac Barnett; House Held Up by Trees by Ted Kooser; the Skunk and Badger series by Amy Timberlake; and the middle-grade Pax series by Sara Pennypacker. Originally from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Jon Klassen now lives in Los Angeles.