Close Your Eyes

by Banks, Kate; Hallensleben, Georg

• ISBN13: 9780374313821
• ISBN10: 0374313822
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-24
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Summary

A little tiger takes an imaginative journey The little tiger lay on his back in the tall grass. "Close your eyes, little tiger," said his mother, "and go to sleep." But the little tiger is worried about what sleep might bring. His mother reassures him that once he closes his eyes, he will dream of magical places. And when he awakens, she will be right there, waiting for him. Alternating between real-life scenes with the baby tiger and his mother and enchanted dream scenes of sleep's possibilities, Kate Banks's simple, comforting text and Georg Hallensleben's bright, colorful illustrations make this a charming bedtime story for small children. A Junior Library Guild Selection

Author Biography

Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben are the author and artist of And If the Moon Could Talk, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, The Night Worker, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award, and A Gift from the Sea. Ms. Banks lives in Menton, France, and Mr. Hallensleben lives in Paris, France.

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"Little tiger and his mother sit in the tall grass waiting for night to fall . . . The text flows beautifully from one page to the next and lends itself perfectly to reading aloud . . . Each lovely spread enhances the lyrical text . . . This beautifully written and charmingly illustrated story will be enjoyed over and over again." --Starred, School Library Journal

"Another lyrical nighttime tale . . . reminiscent of Margaret Wise Brown's The Runaway Bunny."  --Booklist

“Spry and lively . . . Not only will Close Your Eyes help children settle down to sleep, it may also help them to dream and, perhaps, even to create.”  —The New York Times Book Review

"Soothing."  --The Horn Book



"Satisfying."  --Publishers Weekly