The Bedtime Book

Description

New York Times bestselling author Mary Engelbreit presents The Bedtime Book, a beautifully illustrated picture book that pairs sleepy time text with Mary's beloved, timeless art. From endearing poems and snuggly stories to sweet blessings and precious prayers, each page features different ways for you to read your little one to sleep, making this a book you can turn to night after night. Mama comes to tuck you in, Pulls the covers to your chin, Squeezes fingers, squeezes toes, Lays a kiss upon your nose. From bedtime prayers, poems, and sleepy-time rhymes to short, illustrated stories, The Bedtime Book gives you and your child a soothing bedtime world to explore as they prepare to drift off to sleep. Each reading selection is paired with Mary Engelbreit's iconic and inimitable artwork, creating a book of readings and calming illustrations that can be enjoyed by children, adults, and caretakers alike. The Bedtime Book: contains twelve unique reading experiences that can be read straight through or broken up and combined for a different bedtime adventure every night, entries that range from short prayers to stories spanning several spreads features several unique stories you won't find anywhere else is a great collectors' item for fans of Mary Engelbreit's art includes a presentation page for gift-giving

Mary Engelbreit can rightly be called the Queen of Christmas! Her version of Clement C. Moore's The Night Before Christmas is a perennially strong seller with sales close to a one million since September '06. This New York Times bestselling author and head of Mary Engelbreit Studios-famous for its greeting cards, gifts, magazine, and other licenses-has fulfilled her childhood dream to become a children's book illustrator with such favorites as Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose, Mary Engelbreit's Nursery Tales, and Mary Engelbreit's Fairy Tales. Mary Engelbreit lives and draws in St. Louis, MO. Visit her on the web at www.maryengelbreit.com.