A nighttime expedition with a sense of wonder begins when a child is awakened by their dad, bundled into outerwear, and taken outside. They are going to find an aurora. They walk away from the “warm, buttery light” of the house, through a dark, wintery landscape, eventually climbing a steep hill. “Now we could see only the sky, the stars, and the moon.” And then, “Dancing light, glowing and glimmering, shimmering and shining, colored ribbons swirling and twirling, lighting up the sky on the still, dark night.” The rising sense of expectation and the beauty of the aurora itself is captured in the language and the pastel art, which conveys both the depth of the darkness and the colors of the aurora with equal effect. The brown-skinned duo watch in silence and a palpable sense of awe. It isn’t until they are walking home that dad “told me everything he knew about the Aurora.” That information, “Everything Dad Knew about the Aurora,” is provided in a note at story’s end. (Ages 3-8)