Here are the latest sleepytime books to help get your little lovelies to bed. Marla Frazee's lively illustrations are based on living history studies at Fort New Salem, West Virginia. Her splendid details of life in a mountain cabin bring plenty of fun to the classic lullaby. Next is Hush, Little Alien , a sci-fi parody of the same lullaby. Both books are standouts, and even more fun together.
More traditional poems await in Twilight Verses Moonlight Rhymes .
Liz Pichon's illustrations make the text sing even louder. My own childhood bedtime ritual often included Remy Charlip's classic book Fortunately. Charlip has a new bedtime tale, Sleepytime Rhyme , a mother's simple yet elegant ode to her child. In all the land. Young children will enjoy the simple adventures of a girl named Poppy in Melanie Walsh's Hide and Sleep .