It's Time to Hush and Say Good Night
by Chitra Soundar (Author) Sandhya Prabhat (Illustrator)
Lull a little one to sleep with gentle rhyming verses and a mesmerizing swirl of imagery from the natural world, as a loving parent takes a child on a dreamlike journey.
I give this kiss from me to you,
to keep you safe till morning dew.
At sunrise when the skies turn blue,
I'll be here to welcome you.
Travel a lush dreamscape world as a father soothes his toddler toward sleep, weaving a quilt of dreams across the roaring seas and through the inky night--and dealing with some big toddler emotions along the way. Sumptuously illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat, this dream-ride of a bedtime book, written by renowned author Chitra Soundar and inspired by ancient Indian lullabies, is sure to leave little ones drifting toward a joyful sleep.
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Publishers Weekly
Soundar's sleek first-person couplets offer comfort in the face of nighttime anxieties while centering on a refrain: "Count the stars that twinkle bright,/ It's time to hush and say good night." Throughout, the speaker references nature as they assuage ("Ink this night with tendrils blue,/ I shush the whistling caves for you"), and Prabhat's artwork highlights the reassuring relationship between a brown-skinned, dark-haired child and caretaker. Bold, page-filling patterns pair with surrealist depictions of bears, bees, birds, fish, and more cascading through the sky and spiraling around the protagonists. The result is an visually lively and insistent lure toward sleep. An opening note cites "traditional lullabies from India, where the nature around us is called upon to soothe," as inspiration. Ages 2-5. (Oct.)
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Kirkus
Sure to calm children at bedtime—and then to enliven their dreams.
JUV057000 - Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
JUV030020 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Asia
