Goodnight, I Love You

by Caroline Jayne Church, Caroline Jayne Church (Illustrator)

Overview

New from the bestselling illustrator of I Love You Through and Through!

Caroline Jayne Church and her lovable, huggable toddlers are back! A bestselling author and illustrator, Church's books have been enormously successful across all channels, but none of them have done better than her padded board books: I Love You Through and Through and How Do I Love You? Now Church brings us Good Night, I Love You--the quintessential get-your-children-ready-for-bedtime book. With the charming illustrations that we have come to know and love and wonderful rhyming text, this book will no doubt be a success through and through.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545392150
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Series:	Caroline Jayne Church
Pages:	20
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.63(d)
Lexile:	AD260L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Caroline Jayne Church was a bestselling author and illustrator. Some of her bestselling titles include I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak, How Do I Love You? by Marion Dane Bauer, You Are My Sunshine by Jimmie Davis, and Good Night, I Love You.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Sweet Child of Mine"A simple, joyful expression of love at all hours and through all seasons." -- KirkusPraise for Ten Tiny Toes"The brief, lyrical text, the opportunities for interactivity and the focus on a subject dear to toddlers' hearts -- themselves and all their glorious parts -- make this a candidate for repeat readings." -- KirkusPraise for Let's Get Dressed!"Church's cartoon toddler and a puppy are delightfully animated..." -- KirkusPraise for Potty Time!"The cheerful images and fun sound effect provide gentle encouragement for the potty training camp." -- Publishers WeeklyPraise for Good Night, I Love You"A quiet depiction of self-reliant slumber." -- KirkusPraise for I Love You Through and Through"Dynamic illustrations...act out the text in ways that are informative, inventive, and humorous." -- School Library Journal

From the Publisher

An evening routine provides stability for two smiling siblings. The pair bathe together in the tub. Drying off with towels, they put on pajamas and share a nighttime story with their favorite stuffed animals before they pull the covers up over their noses. The tale highlights the interactions between sister and brother, exuding coziness as they finally relax. There's no adult physically depicted in the pictures, even when the two splash puddles of water on the floor. An adult presence is indicated in the lulling narration, though: "Snuggle the covers / and off with the light, // Dream little dreams, // I love you, good night." The youngsters demonstrate tremendous independence; they scrub themselves clean and open wide to brush their teeth. The clean layout provides, appropriately, few details; stitched hearts float in the background near their beds in a symbolic departure from the realism otherwise portrayed. The padded cover adds extra softness. A quiet depiction of self-reliant slumber. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews