It's time to sleep, it's time to dream

Nighttime has come; it's time for bed. It's time to dream of soft spring breezes, sand castles and seagulls, pumpkins, and mittens in this book about a child's winsome dreams during the four seasons.

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David A. Adler was born in New York City. He attended Queen's College in New York City and later, earned an MBA in Marketing from New York University.

He writes both fiction and non-fiction. He is the author of Cam Jansen mysteries and the Andy Russell titles. His titles has earned him numerous awards including a Sydney Taylor Book Award for his title "The Number on My Grandfather's Arm," "A Picture Book of Jewish Holidays" was named a Notable Book of 1981 by the American Library Association and "Our Golda" was named a Carter G. Woodson Award Honor Book.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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PreS-A couple prepares their child for bed with gentle, lulling words. As they go about their bedtime rituals, the lullaby includes imagery of the four seasons. For spring, the toddler is told, "It's late./It's night./It's time to sleep./It's time to dream/of drifting clouds,/soft spring rains,/tulips, and daffodils." Realistic gouache and colored-pencil artwork on each spread portrays two separate events. The first is a richly detailed and colorful full-page depiction of the poetic text. The second appears at the bottom of the opposite page, a silhouetted family undergoing the various bedtime preparations until their playful child is finally asleep. Pair this with Kevin Henkes's Old Bear (Greenwillow, 2008) for some soothing seasonal lullabies.-Laura Butler, Mount Laurel Library, NJ Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.

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