About This Book:
With mesmerizing, magical illustrations and a repeated lullaby refrain, this lyrical rhyming bedtime adventure is just right for lulling anxious grandchildren (and grandparents!) to sleep.
*Review Contributed By Karen Yingling, Staff Reviewer*
Just try to keep your eyes open!
Kukhtina’s illustrations also encourage slumber, with their dark blue color palette and soothing yellow fireflies. The tigers are a great contrasting shade of orange. The text is sometimes a light purple or blue on darker shades, which might require some grandparents to turn up the lights a bit, but this book will probably be reread enough that it is memorized, so that shouldn’t be a problem for long.
It’s good to scaffold new experiences by reading about them, so this would be a great gift for a new grandparent, perhaps along with a soft blanket. After several readings, little grand tigers should be ready to spend the night, especially since human grandparents are going to be more prepared with actual beds and a roof overhead in case of storms. This is a perfect choice for fans of Cummins and Oswald’s Sleepy Sheep and the Sheepover or Ferneyhough’s Nana, Nenek & Nina.
