One Wide Sky: A Bedtime Lullaby

by Deborah Wiles, Tim Bowers (Illustrator)

In this warm-spirited story, a perfect day of backyard adventures for three lively boys and two mischievous squirrels unfolds, and then gently comes to an end. As moonlight fills the sky, it's time for a soothing lullaby.
Critically acclaimed author Deborah Wiles and talented illustrator Tim Bowers have created a loving and lyrical lullaby that introduces simple counting--and that will send little ones everywhere off into sweet dreams . . . under one wide sky.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Counting, Nature

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2003

About the author

Deborah Wiles is the author of several highly acclaimed books, including the beloved Love, Ruby Lavender and two National Book Award finalists–Each Little Bird That Sings and Revolution. Her first picture book, Freedom Summer, received the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. She is also an NAACP Book Award finalist, E.B. White Award winner, Golden Kite Award winner, Jane Addams Peace Award Finalist, and recipient of a PEN Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Working Writer Fellowship. Her most recent novel is for young adults, Kent State. Her newest picture book, Simple Thanks, was published in 2024. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia. You can visit her on the web at deborahwiles.com, write with her at Storybelly.com, and follow her on social media platforms at @deborahwilesbooks.

Reviews

[Aspasia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful oil paintings accompany the text which features a squirrel and human family.

[Tracy Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet backyard pictures, counting, and rhyming text for a lullaby.

[Jeimy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though the subtitle says this is a lullaby, it's really a counting book.

[Cc Fortenberry]

One Wide Sky is a counting book about a family of squirrels living under the wide sky as well as a family camping out in a tent.

I thought this book was adorable and lots of fun! The illustrations were great to look at and I loved how it counted all the way up to 10 then all the way back down in reverse.

I would use this book in therapy to teach numbers and teach reading because it's very simple and an easy read.

[Goshen PL Childrens · Rating 5 out of 5]

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A sweetly illustrated counting lullaby that involves some cute squirrels!

[Shelli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet brightly illustrated picture book to aid your pre-school aged kiddos with learning to count.

[Naomi]

I would call this a counting book before I would call it a lullaby. The illustrations are really what made this book vs. the text to me.