Where The Giant Sleeps

This book was published in 2007, but I have only just discovered it, so it's new to me! Where The Giant Sleeps is basically THE perfect bed time story. It's got a lullaby story in the form of a softly dancing poem, it's got art that could not be more fairytale enchanting or imaginative, and lastly, the quality is there (the hardcover is lovely). I was at my local bookstore tonight which has wonderful vairety and I gravitated toward this book. It will be perfect for my good friend's three-year-old daughter— I can see them getting a lot of use out of this book, reading this story to send her (and, eventually her baby brother) off into sleep, night after night for a very long time. :)

Where The Giant Sleeps is Written by Mem Fox, Illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky,

published by Harcourt Books

PB Review: Hello Baby!

My son received this book as a gift last year. I'm not normally drawn to straight, realistic collage illustration such these by Steve Jenkins. After many slow reads with my son, the book and art have grown on me. It's a simple story, sort of an exploration of baby animals that ties back to a human baby. Mem Fox's light text reads aloud so well, and the illustrations are large and focused on just the animals. You really get a chance to lose yourself in the details here.