Starry Blankets: Poems for Bedtime
By (Author) Ryan G. Van Cleave
By (author) Eve Merriam
Illustrated by Sejung Kim
Bushel & Peck Books
Moonshower
1st February 2025
17th September 2024
United States
Children
Fiction
811.54
Hardback
32
Width 203mm, Height 254mm
Eve Merriam's beloved poetry tenderly holds our hearts in this timeless collection of bedtime poetry. Gorgeous illustrations and dreamy stanzas lull even the liveliest little one off to sleep. "You be the tree, I'll be the pears, carry me, carry me, up the stairs." Starry Blankets: Poems for Bedtime is perfect for lap reading or snuggling under the covers, includes more than twenty of Merriam's most known and most loved poems. Selected from across her long career, this collection is a great introduction to this icon in children's poetry. Nice and Tight You be saucer, I'll be cup, piggyback, piggyback, pick me up You be tree, I'll be pears, carry me, carry me up the stairs. You be Good, I'll be Night, tuck me in, tuck me in nice and tight.
Ryan G. Van Cleave wrote his first poem at age five, and he's been writing, reading, and loving poetry ever since. He earned a PhD in American literature with an emphasis in poetry and has taught at numerous colleges and universities. As The Picture Book Whisperer, he helps celebrities and high-profile clients write picture books and kidlit projects.