Cotton, C. (2007). Some babies sleep. New York, NY: Philomel Books. ISBN: 978-0-399-24030-0
Interest Level: Ages 4 and under
Genre: Picture Book
Subjects/Themes: Bedtime, Sleeping, Animals, Stories in Rhyme
Plot: The story describes the different places animal babies sleep using rhyming text. Whether in the desert, snow, under ground, or in a bed the story explains that all babies sleep. The illustrations show a little baby in red pajamas sleeping with different animals in the places described.
Personal Thoughts: A sweet bedtime story whose simple rhymes offer a gentle lullaby rythm. The animal names are never mentioned in the story only the different places they sleep. A fun game would be to have a child guess which animal is sleeping in the places described. The illustrations are soft and sweet with animal parents, animal babies and the human baby all cuddled up with one another.
Other Books by the Author: Snow Ponies (2001); At the edge of the woods (2002); Rain Play (2008)
Author Website: Cynthia Cotten Children's Author Website
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