Seeds, Bees, Butterflies and More! Poems for Two Voices

Getting ready for bedtime means getting tucked in, but whose “two little eyes [are] shining at me”? Do they belong to the curly haired child, the rabbit toy or maybe the dog? Rhyming text and gentle illustrations present a charming bedtime ritual.

Alone in the snowy woods with his dog, a boy discovers the wonder of winter trees, one at a time, in a big, quiet space. On every double-page spread, four lines of simple verse and bright linoleum block prints decorated with watercolor and collage capture the stark outlines and the details of what he sees, hears, and touches (“Crunch! Our footsteps make the only sound”). The botanical facts are part of the wonder (“Trees that once had leaves are bare”). (Booklist)