by Mary Logue (Author), Pamela Zagarenski (Illustrator)
A magical bedtime story, honored as a Caldecott Honor Book.
In sincere and imaginative dialogue between a child and her kind and understanding parents, the little girl decides "in a cocoon of sheets, a nest of blankets," she is ready to sleep, warm and strong, just like a tiger.
The lyrical narrative echoes a Runaway Bunny-like cadence: "Does everything in the world go to sleep?" the little girl asks.
Artist Pamela Zagarenski's rich, luminous mixed-media paintings effervesce with charming details that non-yet-sleepy children can examine for hours. A rare gem.
Author Biography
Mary Logue has written more than twenty books for children. She lives on the Mississippi with the writer Pete Hautman. Visit her at www.marylogue.com.
The Caldecott Honor artist Pamela Zagarenski (Red Sings from Treetops, 2010) divides her time between Stonington, Connecticut, and Prince Edward Island.