Customer Review: This is a beautifully illustrated board book for young children. The book is full of detailed pictures that allow for discussion with your child and the story is told in a repetitive refrain which young children love--since they know what is coming.The book contains child humor such as a wakeful... more info
Customer Review: The books in this series are among our favorite. My daughter is 2 1/2 and request that we read "Russell" almost every night. Adorable stories, AMAZING illustrations. I recommend all of the books - check out Russell and the Lost Treasure and the Christmas edition, too. Very cute, very loved at our... more info
Customer Review: If your child doesn't already have nightmares, s/he will after reading/seeing this book! For example, the publisher's description doesn't include the horrific imagining, and illustration, of shadows on the wall as monsters. The beautiful lines quoted about mental images created as a child falls... more info
Customer Review: I'm a children's librarian, so I come across a lot of books and very few stand up to many readings. This book is one of them. It's fun for the parents to read aloud, with a rolicking beat and humorous story. We've owned this book since my son's first birthday. He loved it then and at eighteen... more info
Customer Review: My kids LOVE this book. We read it at least once a week. As a substitute teacher, I take it in when I sub in lower grades when I need a 5 minute time filler and the kids always request it when I come in. A great addition to your library.
Customer Review: I purchased this for my 11-year-old son. He loves this book. When I questioned him about it he said that it was "different" and "hard to explain" yet he gave it 5-stars. During the time that he was reading it, he was required to do a book report for school on any age-appropriate fiction book.... more info
Customer Review: It was almost as lovely as the first one that was given to my children when they were very small....a gift from their great-aunt who was a Catholic nun with a degree in Library Science...I tried to locate one exactly like the original which was received in about 1964. It was about half the size,... more info
Customer Review: The Sleep Ponies is a magical, warm, and absolutely beautiful book. The dream-like illustrations and gentle rhythm of the words lulls my girls to sleep at night. This book ought to be on the shelf of every child's bookcase. Highly recommended!
Customer Review: The language is as beautiful and as rhythmic as the original English (I'm picky about translation.) This book is a big favorite at home.
