Goodnight Sounds
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Immerse yourself in the lullabies that are all around in this modern classic picture book with gorgeous art and a strong, onomatopoeic readaloud.
What sounds help you fall asleep?
Is it the creaking of the old wood floor . . .
squeak-creak squeak-creak
Or your brother softly breathing above you?
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz . . . Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz . . .
This soothing picture book describes nighttime sounds of all kinds, from trilling crickets to train wheels that go clickity-clack, from raindrops on a slick metal roof to the steady ticking of an old clock.
Marvel at the magical goodnight sounds all around us and be inspired to embrace your own special bedtime lullaby with this poetic, beautifully illustrated picture book from Debbie S. Miller and Michelle Jing Chan.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sounds soothe when it's time to drift off in this sleep aid, a sensory-based picture book. "What sound helps you fall asleep?" an opening prompt probes as Miller's text proposes a range of onomatopoeiaic place-based phrases. These include foghorns bellowing beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, the hooting of an owl, the quaking of leaves, and the trickle of a mountain stream, among others. Jing Chan's carefully lit digital nightscapes draw on dusty purples and blues throughout unlined renderings of the myriad dwellings and figures who play audience to the featured noises. Closing examples zero in on the domestic, highlighting "Grandma's voice telling you a story" and "the purring of your cat/ curled up in a cozy ball." The steady layering of echoic sounds succeeds in achieving a soporific effect. Characters are portrayed with various skin tones. Ages 2–5.
