It's Time to Sleep, It's Time to Dream - Hardcover

David A. Adler is a former math teacher and beloved author of more than a hundred children's books, including math titles such as "Fraction Fun"; "Fun with Triangles and Other Polygons". He lives in New York State. You can visit him on the web at www.davidaadler.com.

Kay Chorao is the beloved author and illustrator of many treasured books for children. Her illustrations in The Cats Kids, which she also wrote, were called “especially delightful” by School Library Journal.

Chorao’s gouache-and-watercolor illustrations lend a new-fashioned slant to a bedtime book. On one side, beneath the large-type text that repeats the title refrain, are shadowy black silhouettes of a family of three, plus pets; on the opposing page, large color illustrations of a toddler enjoying the four seasons. The softly infused color pictures pair well with the spare text as the child makes a sand castle, chooses a pumpkin, dances with a snowman, and gathers tulips, all with a stuffed bunny at his side. At first, the purpose of the silhouettes isn’t clear, but as each mini-scene depicts a step toward getting the boy ready for bed, the colorful images then become the sweet dreams. Kids will be drawn to the comforting cover image of a cute tyke cuddling his toy bunny. Preschool-Kindergarten. --Julie Cummins