Animal Crackers: Bedtime

Animal Crackers

by Jane Dyer

A collection of poems and lullabies from Dyers anthology, includes such titles as "Wee Willie Winkie," "Grandpa Bear's lullaby," "Sleep, baby, sleep," and "Sweet and low"

Genres: Childrens

16 pages, Board Book

First published April 1, 1998

About the author

Jane Dyer has been illustrating children's books for over a decade. Publishers Weekly described her art for Talking Like The Rain: A Read-to-Me Book of Poems, selected by X. J. and Dorothy Kennedy, as "unusually striking... vibrantly coloured, splendidly detailed illustrations [which are] some of this gifted artist's finest work."

Ms. Dyer lives and works in a 100 year-old brick house in Northampton, Massachusetts and has two grown daughters, Brooke and Cecily.

Reviews

[Miss Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

A small board book featuring nursery and lullaby's for children. toddler and up

[Veronica · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book has a collection of illustrated Mother Goose rhymes, lullabies, and contemporary verses for bedtime. Some of them are:

Wee Wllie Winkie
Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod - Eugene Field (Dutch Lullaby)
Grandpa Bear's Lullaby - Jane Yolen
All Tucked in & Roasty Toasty - Clyde Watson
Where did you come from, baby dear? - George MacDonald
Sleep, Baby, Sleep - (German Lullaby)
Sweet and Low - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
African Lullaby
Golden Slumbers - Thomas Dekker