While I Sleep

by Mary Calhoun, Ed Young (Illustrator)

Mama and Papa explain to their child at bedtime where all the other creatures go to sleep.

1 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1992

About the author

Mary Louise Huiskamp Wilkins, also known as Mary Calhoun was born on August 3, 1926 in Keokuk, Iowa. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism for the University of Iowa in 1948. She was hired as a reporter for the World-Herald in Omaha, Nebraska after graduation. Her fascination with spirits and folklore of the 19th century led her to write stories about witches, elves, cats, dwarfs, and pixies. She has also published stories in Jack and Jill and Humpty Dumpty magazines. She worked at the Omaha World Herald before marrying fellow journalist Frank Calhoun. Her first book, Making the Mississippi Shout, was published in 1957. She wrote more than 50 children's books during her lifetime including the Katie John series, Julie's Tree, Henry the Sailor Cat, and Cross-Country Cat. She died on October 27, 2015 at the age of 89.

Reviews

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

We like this one. Ed Young's are always beautiful, but I especially like how these are mostly on one end of the color spectrum, which make them dreamlike in appearance.

It's a great book for identifying things, like many books are, but the indistinctness of them makes it more impactful.

A bunch of nuttery, maybe, and not the best of children's books, but a fun and simple bedtime book .

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bedtime story written in a question and answer format. All questions revolve around the bedtime routines of animals. Pastel and ink illustrations complement the soothing nature of the text. PreK-2.