Kiss Good Night, Sam - Hardcover

Every child has his or her own personal repertoire of rationalizations for avoiding bed, and every parent has a stockpile of counter offensives. In Kiss Good Night, Mrs. Bear covers all the bases: "Hmmmm...Book, blanket, friends, milk...," but her son, Sam, isn't ready. "I'm waiting," he keeps saying. Could there be anything Mama Bear is forgetting? Amy Hest's sweet story, gorgeously illustrated by Anita Jeram in warm, earthy greens, golds, browns, and reds, provides a rhythm to the bedtime ritual that will soon have sleep-fighting tots relinquishing their day to night. The comforting manner of easygoing Mrs. Bear as she comes up against her son's quiet resistance--even while the wind blows and rain comes down outside--is an antidote to nighttime anxiety. A perfect read-aloud from Hest (In the Rain with Baby Duck) and Jeram (illustrator of Sam McBratney's bestselling Guess How Much I Love You). (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter

Amy Hest has written many children's stories including Rosie's Fishing Trip; Jamaica Louise James; When Jessie Came Across the Sea; Mabel Dancing and four books about Baby Duck: In the Rain with Baby Duck; Baby Duck and the New Eyeglasses; You're the Boss, Baby Duck and Off to School, Baby Duck. Anita Jeram has illustrated numerous children's books including Guess How Much I Love You and the non-fiction picture books, Dick King-Smith's Animal Friends; Puppy Love; All Pigs Are Beautiful; I Love Guinea-pigs and My Hen Is Dancing, as well as her own stories, Bill's Belly Button; It Was Jake!; The Most Obedient Dog in the World; Daisy Dare, Contrary Mary; Birthday Happy, Contrary Mary, Bunny, My Honey and a second title about the little Honeys, All Together Now. She lives with her palaeontologist husband in Northern Ireland.