Woodland Dreams
by Karen Jameson (Author) Marc Boutavant (Illustrator)
In Woodland Dreams, young readers say goodnight to beloved woodland animals as they prepare to sleep.
This sweet bedtime book is at once a picture book and a lullaby, pairing familiar bedtime routines with nonfiction elements. Little ones will follow along as each animal returns to their warm and cozy woodland home. And once every creature is tucked in tight, shhh . . . It's time for everyone to say goodnight.
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Kirkus
Sweet fare for bed- or naptimes, with a light frosting of natural history.
Publishers Weekly
In a classic-feeling narrative that features graceful verse and detailed artwork, readers follow a child with peach skin and long sandy hair as she bids goodnight to animals at day’s end. Clad in a teal coat and red-orange boots, she pads through the woods with her black dog, repeating the phrase "Come home" to each animal they encounter-"Come home, Bushy Tail," to a squirrel. Each spread presents rhythmic, rhyming lines about the animal: "Meadow hopper/ Clover cropper/ Twilight whispers. Time to furrow./ Curl up tight inside your burrow," reads the page for Long Ears, a rabbit, as the child nears home herself. A warmly autumnal color palette, rich with browns, oranges, and forest greens, enriches the illustrations, which present expansive forest scenes in grainy and sponge-like textures. A cozy goodnight read for sleepy animal lovers. Ages 3-5.
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Review quotes
JUV010000 - Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime & Dreams
Stories in rhyme
Children's poetry
Poetry
Forest animals
