From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Squat, sturdy board books with a dreamy, New-Age mood. Happy uses trite, singsong rhymes to express feelings. "I feel sleepy/now it's time for bed./I feel safe/so I'll rest my little head." The emotional progression through a child's day shows love, joy, and sadness each attached to a simple action-being held, sung to, or left behind. My Little One imparts a warm and fuzzy view of "bedtime magic." "The angels dance/and fairies prance,/your dreams await, my little one." This text is more successful than the first, as it has a soothing, less formulaic approach and an emphasis on comfort and safety. Both books have a quiet mix of stuffed animals, stars, angels, hearts, and people, primarily illustrated in pastel acrylics, with softly patterned backgrounds that lend a sense of mellow consistency to the pages. Yet rather than establish a unified sense of story, the pictures provide only atmosphere. A child may be comforted by a smiling full moon or a singing angel, but there is little else of substance here.
Martha Topol, Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Martha Topol, Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
