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It's Time to Sleep, My Love Board book – January 18, 2011

by Nancy Tillman (Author, Illustrator), Eric Metaxas (Author)

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It's time to sleep, it's time to sleep,

the fishes croon in waters deep.

The songbirds sing in trees above,

"It's time to sleep, my love, my love."

As children prepare for bed, the world around them is also settling down for the night. Animals who live in the jungle, the forest, the sea―all whisper to their babies a soft refrain: It's time to sleep, my love.

As comforting as a soft blanket and warm as a goodnight hug, Eric Metaxas's lullaby is lovingly brought to life by bestselling artist Nancy Tillman (On the Night You Were Born) , whose illustrations celebrate the wonders of the natural world, and the bonds of family.
It's Time to Sleep, My Love is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

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Bestselling children's writer and illustrator Nancy Tillman creates a comforting bedtime story with gorgeous illustrations of animals settling down for the night. Like all of Tillman's children's books, It's Time to Sleep, My Love ends with the words, "You are loved."

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PreSchool-K—Beyond the soothing titular refrain repeated throughout, troubles cripple this ode to bedtime ritual. Without strict stylistic technique, the verse is unnecessarily redundant, and cumbersome phrases such as "And as you dream inside your sleep" will trip up readers. Adults will surely have to explain the lines "Your dreams will be arriving soon./They'll float to you/in sleep's balloon./They'll be here when I snuff the wick,/you'd better close your eyelids quick." The book's design clearly favors Tillman's richly hued digital and mixed-media composite paintings over the text. Though fans of Tillman's On the Night You Were Born (Feiwel & Friends, 2006) will likely gravitate to this title, general readers will do better to look to other books for their evening routine.—Bethany Isaacson, Wheaton Regional Library, Silver Spring, MD
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Age Range: 1 - 3 years
Grade Level: Preschool and up
Board book: 34 pages
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends; First edition (January 18, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312673361
ISBN-13: 978-0312673369
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 0.7 x 6.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 559 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #39 in Books > Children's Books > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Family Life > Sleep

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Another Great Nancy Tillman Book!

April 21, 2015

Format: Board bookVerified Purchase

We love Nancy Tillman's books so we bought this one for our 2 year old twins and they love it. It's the perfect length for a bedtime story and like all of her books, Nancy Tillman writes in a soft, singsong way which makes it great for a bedtime story. The pictures are beautiful and my kids love to point out the different animals. We purchased the board book version and it is perfect for us since our toddlers can be a bit rough with pages. We will continue to buy all of these books because they are beautiful stories that are perfect to read before bedtime. We highly recommend them!

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Engaging Yet Soothing Bedtime Ritual

May 25, 2012

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It's Time To Sleep, My Love, is a lovely bedtime book for a boy or a girl. It is one of the few books we own that completely captures my little boy's attention. He sits and studies the big, fanciful watercolor illustrations and listens to the soothing refrains of the verses and is lulled into a quieter state. He knows it's his special bedtime story and loves it.

Every page is generously illustrated with lavish watercolors of children and animals winding down for a night's rest. For example, you have a small child perched on the back of a drifting swan as though going on the journey of sleep amd dreams for the evening. There is a child curled up with a sleeping panda in the fork of a tree branch. The interactions between people and children really appeal to small ones and encourage them to use their imaginations.

I found the soothing, repetitious verses with the refrain of "It's time to sleep, my love" to be soothing. The School Lobrary Journal criticized the writing stating that it was too redundant. My son finds it restful and it lulls him to sleep. They also complained that some of the verses would trip up parent tongues. I found the beauty of the words and verses to be old-fashioned and a little reminiscent of old poetry. We used to appreciate finding beauty and meaning in words, and it is beneficial to children to make them think. Overall, I thought the wording was fanciful, simple, and lovely.

I highly recommend this book for your child and hope you get as much enjoyment out of the bedtime tradition as we have.

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Kris

A Little Misleading...

August 19, 2015

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It's a decent book but if you are thinking about getting it because you like the other Nancy Tillman books please be aware that unlike "On the Night You Were Born" that was written and illustrated by Tillman, this book was only illustrated by her. The story was written by someone else and you can tell the difference in the style of writing. Also, if you read the back of the book it has glowing quotes, but not about this book. The praises are for "On the Night You Were Born" which I found strange. Why would you put remarks/praises about another book on the back of this one??

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Alyssa Tiberio

my love will find you' as a baby shower gift

January 29, 2018

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I first received 'Wherever you are, my love will find you' as a baby shower gift. It instantly became my favorite when my daughter was a newborn, and has since become her go-to bedtime story. We have purchased many more Nancy Tillman books and it is safe to say her stories are our favorite. They touch the heart and are relatable as a parent. Very special books-- must have!

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Rhiannon S.

Beautiful book with ethereal illustrations

July 19, 2016

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Beautiful, ethereal book by Nancy Tillerman. If you are at all familiar with her books, you know just how lovely her illustrations are. This one has beautiful animals throughout, and a nice, sleepy story. My one and a half year old is not really interested in the actual story yet, but loves to look at the pictures of the animals. It is a sturdy board book with thick pages that will withstand many readings. The pages are glossy and should easily wipe clean. If you are a Nancy Tillerman fan, I would highly recommend this book!

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Marvin R

Needs bolder letters

May 5, 2017

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Words are not bold enough to read in a relaxed setting when trying to get my child ready for bed

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Lindsay D.

Sweet book with great illustrations

February 18, 2016

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This is the third Nancy Tillman book I have purchased for my son. Her writing is really heartfelt and sweet. My background is in art and I truly love the illustrations in her books. While I love her books, this one is probably my least favorite of hers that I've purchased so far. It's a little more repetitive than the others and my son sometimes loses interest. I do still recommend it though. They are very well done and very cute. I get a little emotional at times when I read them.

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mmyurk

My son and I love Nancy Tillman books

July 8, 2017

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My son and I love Nancy Tillman books, we were looking for a new one and came upon this one in our search. I should have looked more closely but this book is illustrated by Nancy Tillman but not written. My son still enjoys the book but it's not Nancy Tillman!

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Story itself is nice, print is way too small and ornate to read in a mostly dark bedtime mood room. We never read it.

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Good delivery time. Love the author and the illustrations! Love it all. It's time to sleep, my love...

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I was expecting a hard coverbook, but it was a board book (I probably kissed it on the description) but I was VERY pleasantly surprised as now I have a travel copy of this...Read more

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Wonderful book! My 3 yrd old daughter absolutely loves the illustrations and the poetry. We read it every night, and I'm looking forward to ordering more from this author.

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