While You Sleep by Maruno, Jennifer

While You Sleep (Board Book) (ISBN-13: 9781772783001)

Vendor: Jennifer Maruno
Product type: Books
Format: Board Book
$12.95
$12.95
$12.95
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While You Sleep by Maruno, Jennifer

While You Sleep

$12.95
While You Sleep by Maruno, Jennifer

While You Sleep

$12.95
Format: Board Book
Description
Description
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Breathtaking collage art and exquisite rhyming couplets showcase fantastical dreams as the natural world is prepared for a new day in this gentle bedtime book.As the day ends and a little girl is put to sleep by her mother, night-helper bunnies work their magic to tidy and polish the world. These helpers paint flowers, dust butterflies, and charge rainbows to make the world a beautiful place to wake up to.Miki Sato's collage art, which combines paper, textiles, and embroidery silk, creates a three-dimensional dream world that is rich in detail and texture. Jennifer Maruno uses soothing rhyming couplets that celebrate the beauty of nature, creating a uniquely magical world.★"A peek into the busy Land of Nod....Maruno narrates in flawless and immersive rhyming verse....Readers will linger over each tiny, essential detail--nothing is extraneous....the text and art are expertly stitched together, each visible and impactful on their own and interwoven into a bewitching whole. A perfect bedtime selection for eye-catching, vibrantly colorful dreams."--Kirkus ★ Starred Review★"[I]nspired and original...."--Quill & Quire ★ Starred Review"It's a cozy, positive bedtime story sure to please parents and children alike."--School Library Journal"There's much to engage and charm in this whimsical, sweet, and reassuring bedtime read."--Booklist"Rhyming couplets create a whimsical melody while the collage art illustrations will captivate children with their colorful layers and textures...."--Foreword Reviews

Author: Jennifer Maruno
ISBN-10: 1772783005
ISBN-13: 9781772783001
Publisher: Pajama Press
Language: English
Published: 10/24/2023
Pages: 24
Format: Board Book
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 7.40h x 8.40w x 0.70d
By Jennifer Maruno
By Jennifer Maruno
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Jennifer Maruno is the author of seven novels for middle grade and young adult readers as well as the picture book Moose's Roof. Her novels have been nominated for the Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award, the Hamilton Arts and Culture Award, the Rocky Mountain Book Award, and more. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Waterloo University and Master of Education from Brock University. Formerly the Vice-President of the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers, among other literary roles, Jennifer currently enjoys writing and mentoring other writers full time. Jennifer lives in Burlington, Ontario.

Miki Sato is a Japanese-Canadian illustrator who uses a variety of different textures and materials to create three-dimensional images. Originally from Ottawa, she moved to Toronto to complete her degree in illustration from the Ontario College of Art and Design. Her picture books include Snow Days, which was a finalist for the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award, Sunny Days, which was a 2021 CBC Books Best Book, Windy Days, which won a Northern Lights Book Award, and Rainy Days.

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