Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems
Author(s): Jane Yolen & Andrew Fusek Peters
This alluring collection of bedtime poems from both side of the Atlantic is an inspired gift for children, and will find a treasured place by their bedside. From the hoot of an owl to the noisy horns of the city, from children giggling in the bath to the hushed notes of a lullaby, here is an exquisite anthology that captures the universal poetry of bedtime. Expertly gathered by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters, these sixty poems showcase such writers as Alfred Tennyson and Langston Hughes, Lee Bennett Hopkins and Sylvia Plath, Eleanor Farjeon and Roger McGough, Karla Kuskin and contemporary Children's Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman. Beautifully illustrated by G. Brian Karas with richness and whimsy, "Switching on the Moon" is the perfect book to share with a child to usher in a night of sweet dreams.
Product Information
Jane Yolen is the author of more than 250 books for children and young adults, including Soft House, Owl Moon, and How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? She also collected poems for Here's a Little Poem and This Little Piggy: Lap Songs, Finger Plays, Clapping Games, and Pantomime Rhymes, an anthology of rhymes and games for toddlers. Jane Yolen divides her time between Massachusetts and Scotland.
Andrew Fusek Peters is a poet and anthologist whose work has appeared in collections for children and teens. The author of many books, Andrew Fusek Peters lives in Shropshire, England.
G. Brian Karas has illustrated close to ninety children's books, including Megan McDonald's Ant and Honey Bee: A Pair of Friends. He has also written and illustrated several titles, including Home on the Bayou, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner. He lives in Rhinebeck, New York.
General Fields
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- : Walker Books Ltd
- : Walker Books Ltd
- : 288mm X 258mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jane Yolen & Andrew Fusek Peters
- : Hardback
- : 9-Oct
- : G.Brian Karas
- : 808.810083
- : 96
- : chiefly col. Illustrations