Las Animas - Bent County Library District

From reading under the covers to watching shadows dance on the wall, these fourteen vigorous verses show that a child's life begins at bedtime.

An illustrated collection of twenty familiar nursery rhymes and lullabies, such as "Are You Sleeping?," "Hey Diddle Diddle," and "All Through the Night."

An anthology of poems depicting the pleasant and sometimes unpleasant aspects of bedtime.

"When night arrives and the birds swoop home to nest, it's time to have a bath, put on pajamas, brush teeth, and settle in for sleep. This soothing collection of Sean Taylor's original verse and rhyme for the very young explores the ritual of bedtime with warmth, tenderness, and gentle humor. Thirty poems in many styles, from shape poems to free verse to ballad poems, are divided into three sections. From sleepy bats to dreaming ducks, from a favorite...

A collection of poems and lullabies written by William Blake, Rudyard Kipling, Margaret Wise Brown, and others. Also includes dozens of traditional works drawn from English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Spanish, and other sources.

From the hoot of an owl to the 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 range from old favorite poets such as Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Sylvia Plath, and Eleanor Farjeon to beloved contemporary poets like Marilyn Singer, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and Children's...