Reviews
Dotlich's debut, subtitled 'Poems for Bedtime,' is sure to give any preschooler sweet dreams. The soothing, repetitive rhyme charms, as does the cozy artwork in colored pencil. On the first page a child is pictured staring out the window by her bed, wondering where the animals rest: 'Hummingbird / hummingbird / Where do you sleep?' The answer: 'I rest near the ivy / that hugs the wall, / in a teacup-sized nest / because I'm so small. / High in a tree / I weave a warm bed, / with cattail fluff / and cobweb threads ... I cuddle up tight / with dreams of the wild, and that's where I sleep, / sleepy child.' Gray mouse in the attic, silver cat on the window seat, caterpillar in cocoon, red robin in a nest, brown bear in a cave—each delivers a snug rhyme, and by the end of the book children will feel content and safe and ready for goodnight or good-nap. More than a rhymed text, Dotlich's verse introduces the very young to the rhymes and images of poetry.

—Kirkus Reviews

A collection of poems, an imaginary conversation between a child drifting off to sleep and several wilderness creatures. Young children will sense a security about the night while listening to poems of young animals bedding down to sleep as well.

—Martha's Vineyard Times