Illustrated by David DiazGolden Books/Random House
2009
$15.99
Rating: 4.5
Endpapers: Aqua/lavender batik
This gentle bedtime, good-night story is swathed in batik. The backgrounds (from edge of the page to edge of the page) are batiked. Some of the animals are batiked. Batik is a special kind of fabric created with wax resist. It's my favorite fabric - it's beautiful.
Each two-page spread ends with a similar soft chant. For example:
Safe and snug in his leafy bed,
Baby otter is rocked to sleep.
To ocean's child we say good night.
Good night, little otter, good night.
In this way we also say good night to walrus, dolphin, whale, polar bear, puffin, sea lion, orca, albatross, seal....baby and child.
Mmmmmm. A lovely bedtime book.
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