**This beautifully illustrated collection of nocturnally inspired images
and writing introduces children to great art and poetry, while sending
them off to a dream-filled sleep.
**
Drawing from centuries of artistic and literary traditions from around
the world, this gorgeous bedtime book pairs works of art with poems and
short fiction. Divided into eight thematic sections it features dozens
of double-paged spreads that families will turn to again and again as
part of their bedtime routine. The carefully chosen, diverse selection
of images includes works by John Singer Sargent, Georgia O'Keeffe,
Utagawa Hiroshige and Henri Le Sidoner among many others, beautifully
reproduced in luminous color. Accompanying these artworks are poems,
mediations and short fiction that range from lighthearted verse to eerie
folktales. Together these words and pictures create meaningful
impressions that children will treasure and remember as they drift off
to sleep--and hold onto for the rest of their lives.