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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Patience and Fortitude, the stone lions who guard the New York Public Library building at 42nd Street, have a magical nighttime adventure in this wordless picture-book. Making their way to Coney Island, they experience all of the excitement and fun of that famous amusement park, before returning again to their home in front of Astor Hall. Here they are welcomed back by the librarian, who reads them some bedtime stories... Having recently read another picture-book about this leonine pair - Josh Funk's Lost in the Library: A Story of Patience & Fortitude - I was curious to see what I would make of Jessica M. Boehman's Lions at Night, which is her debut contribution to the form. All in all, I found it an appealing title, with an entertaining magical premise, a fun setting - readers looking for other Coney Island stories might also want to consider Mike Curato's Little Elliot, Big Fun - and visually engaging artwork. The illustrations here were eye-catching, with a judicious mixture of black & white and colorful elements. I think my favorite scene was the one in which Patience and Fortitude are roaring on the roller coaster - their faces were just so expressive there! I don't know that this one really blew me away, and there were moments where I found the artwork a little flat, but it is certainly an auspicious beginning, and I would be curious to see more work from Boehman. Recommended to young children visiting either the NYPL's research library at 42nd Street, or Coney Island. no reviews | add a review
"By day, the library lions Patience and Fortitude guard the iconic New York Public Library. But when the sun goes down, and the library closes, their work is done, and it is time for fun. This debut wordless picture book brings the reader along on a late-night subway trip to the wild and wonderful Coney Island, where the two lions fit right in and indulge in some classic New York City-style fun. Will they make it back to the library before dawn? And will anyone notice that they've been gone?" -- Amazon. No library descriptions found.
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This is a wonderful way to engage children to tell their own story and would be a terrific introduction to a trip to New York. ( )