I Love You, Sleepyhead - Hardcover

Freedman, Claire

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845065689 ISBN 13: 9781845065683

Publisher: Little Tiger Press, 2007

Synopsis

Look, little child, as the night is unfurled, Animals going to bed round the world. As the sun slowly fades and the soft, silver moon rises, the baby animals are snuggling down to sleep while their mummies watch over them. This collection of enchanting lullabies, with its breathtaking illustrations, makes the perfect bedtime book for all sleepyheads.

About this title

Review:

A love song of sorts from parent to child, illustrated with animal families and a surfeit of snuggles. First-person, rhyming verse expresses parental love for children, with double-page spreads devoted to animal families that exemplify each loving statement. In keeping with the singular first-person text and title, there is always one parent on a given spread, but the number of offspring depicted varies. An early spread depicts a family of cheetahs or leopards lounging in a tree with text reading "I love your sleepy wake-up smile, as we start our day. / I love our morning cuddles, and the way we laugh and play." The closing picture is of a house cat curled up in an armchair with five kittens at day's end alongside text that reads "So snuggle down and close your eyes, the night is soft and still. / I love you, love you, love you, and I always, always will!" Between these feline lovefests, polar bears, dogs, bees, snakes, and many other animals, all anthropomorphized to greater or lesser extent, appear in affectionate tableaux to accompany the text. The sweet-as-sugar illustrations are painted in an Easter-egg palette with rounded forms and occasional heart embellishments to reinforce the text's theme. Sure to find love on the baby-shower circuit. (Picture book. 1-3)--Kirkus Reviews "7/1/17 "

About the Author:

Claire Freedman lives on the Essex coast. She has worked for the BBC, Harrods and for a reprographic company and now writes full-time. When not writing, Claire spends her time sailing, walking in the countryside and when she can, travelling. Simon Mendez was born in York and has loved in draw for as long as he can remember. He took a General Art and Design course at York Technical College and then studied Scientific and Natural History Illustration at Fylde College in Blackpool. This is his second book for Little Tiger Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Tiger Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1845065689
• ISBN 13: 9781845065683
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Mendez Simon