Are You Sleeping, Little One? by Hans-Christian Schmidt and Cynthia Vance (Abbeville Press, August 2012) shows various illustrated animals in various stages of getting ready for sleep with a soft and gentle rhyme. The repeated words “Are you sleeping?” on each page provided a sense of continuity that my daughter simply loved.
I appreciated the fact that uncommon animals were included in this book, such as flamingos, sloths, and hedgehogs. Strawberry did not know the name of each of them, but by the time we’d read it a few times, she did. Some of the rhymes were only partial rhymes, such as “joey” and “cozy.” But even with partial rhymes, it still flowed very well as a read-aloud.
That is an important quality when Mama has to read it over and over again!
The animals are so cozy and snuggled up, that of course, it’s just right for bedtime!
Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher for review consideration.
