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Go to Sleep, Little Farm Lap Board Book

by Mary Lyn Ray, Christopher Silas Neal

Subject
Bedtime & Dreams
Age
0-3 years
Format
Board Book
Pages
38
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Size
23.1 cm × 25.9 cm
ISBN
9781328770042
Somewhere a bee Makes a bed in a rose, Because the bee knows Day has come to a close. Nighttime blankets a little farm. An owl who-hoots. A bear curls up in a log. A mother fox calls her pups home to the den. But animals aren’t the only ones preparing to rest. In the tradition of Margaret Wise Brown, with classically styled picture book illustrations and fresh, childlike imagery, this poetic bedtime book, as peaceful as it is warm, will wrap young ones in the comforts of routine. All is well, it reminds them. Now is the time for dreams.

About the creators

Mary Lyn RayAuthor

Mary Lyn Ray has written many acclaimed books for children, including Go to Sleep, Little Farm, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal; New York Times bestseller Stars, illustrated by Marla Frazee, and The Thank You Book, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin. She lives in South Danbury, New Hampshire.

Christopher Silas NealIllustrator

Christopher Silas Neal is a critically acclaimed artist and illustrator. He lives and works in Brooklyn, where he teaches illustration at the Pratt Institute. Visit csneal.com.

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What reviewers said

"Repeated, pleasingly surreal lines of verse convey the sense of drifting into slumber...a keeper." Publishers Weekly, starred review "A quiet book for sharing in a cozy setting." —School Library Journal "The blue-hued mixed-media illustrations soothingly depict a farm as it moves from dusk to night and bring a hush to the book—and no doubt its readers as well." Booklist "Christopher Silas Neal's lovely and serene illustrations, in matte twilight hues of blue and rose, suggest a sparkling nighttime world that is simultaneously vast and cozy. Clearly Ray has worked to make her language dense…
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