Winner of a 2013 Caldecott Honor In this magical bedtime story, the lyrical narrative echoesa"Runaway Bunny - "like cadence: "Does everything in the world gotosleep?" the little girl asks. In sincere and imaginativedialoguebetween a not-at-all sleepy child and understandingparents, thelittle girl decides "in a cocoon of sheets, a nest ofblankets,"she is ready to sleep, warm and strong, just like atiger. TheCaldecott Honor artist Pamela Zagarenski's rich,luminousmixed-media paintings effervesce with odd, charming detailsthatnonsleepy children could examine for hours. A rare gem.
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