Night Wishes
by Lee Bennett Hopkins (Author) Jen Corace (Illustrator)
How would a clock, nightlight, or teddy bear say good night? In this enchanting poetry collection, Lee Bennett Hopkins and thirteen other poets imagine the wishes whispering through a young girl's bedroom as she falls asleep. The bookshelf's stories curl through her head; the pillow transforms into a hot air balloon; the rocking horse waits expectantly for tomorrow's adventures.
Stunning gouache illustrations by Jen Corace offer new details to discover with every reading. Perfect for bedtime reading and re-reading, Night Wishes will transport young readers into a wonderful, whimsical world of dreams. Includes poems by...Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Matt Forrest, Esenwine Jude Mandell, Prince Redcloud, Alice Schertle, Joyce Sidman, Eileen Spinelli, Irene Latham, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Nikki Grimes, Deborah Ruddell, Darren Sardelli, Renee LaTulippe.
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Kirkus Reviews
A gentle, comforting ticket to beddy-bye—and good dreams.
Booklist
Contributors include Irene Latham, Prince Redcloud, Alice Schertle, Joyce Sidman, Eileen Spinelli, and Nikki Grimes. A soothing, reassuring choice for bedtime reading.
Publisher's Weekly
Featuring 14 persona poems, this anthology features 10 poets anthropomorphizing items that can be found in the bedroom-"Cat" by Eileen Spinelli, "Teddy Bear" by volume editor Hopkins, and "Night-light" by Renée M. LaTulippe-and delivering goodnight wishes from its perspective. Three more poets-Nikki Grimes, Deborah Ruddell, and Darren Sardelli-offer lines from "Angel," "Stars," and "Moon," respectively. While the poems vary in rhyme scheme, they share a gentle, whimsical tone (“I’ll dream of sunlit fisheries/ with daring things to do./ You’ll dream of starry wisheries/ where sweetest dreams come true,” reads Spinelli’s “Cat”). Corace's soft illustrations feature a brown-skinned child with a mass of dark hair amid cheerily colored dreamscapes: in one scene, a cat is a galaxy swimming along giant green fish, while the child is garbed in astronaut attire. An imaginative anthology sure to send readers straight to sweet dreams. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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JNF067000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Bedtime & Dreams
Children's poetry, American
Poetry
