Yuma Public Library

Mama comes to tuck you in,pulls the covers to your chin, squeezes fingers, squeezes toes,lays a kiss upon your nose. A beautifully illustrated bedtime book that pairs sleepy-time text with cmary's art and precious prayers.

From reading under the covers to watching shadows dance on the wall, these fourteen vigorous verses show that a child's life begins at bedtime.

"Featuring fourteen poems by multiple authors, this anthology imagines how clocks, teddy bears, and other bedtime companions say good night"--

Introduces readers to stories in rhyme to help them calm themselves at bedtime.

From the hoot of an owl to the horns of the city, from children giggling in the bath to the hushed notes of a lullaby, here is an exquisite anthology that captures the universal poetry of bedtime. Expertly gathered by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters, these sixty poems range from old favorite poets such as Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Sylvia Plath, and Eleanor Farjeon to beloved contemporary poets like Marilyn Singer, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and Children's...