Product Description

Serene illustrations depict the events of nighttime--an ocean lulling fish to sleep, the earth turning silently in the starry sky. By the author of The Old Chair and The Peach Patch Jig. Reissue.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #572485 in Books
• Published on: 1992-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: School & Library Binding
• 1 pages

Customer Reviews

Quiet Your Child to Sleep
A nice book to read at bedtime. The words are quiet like a lullaby. Mom and Dad are sitting quiety by the fire, the clock is ticking softly, the river is whispering to its banks. Everything is set to lull your child to sleep. The only odd page is the seamonster resting at the bottom of the ocean. That seems inconsistent with the peaceful images throughout the rest of the book. But that is easily edited out while reading aloud. The illustrations are nice watercolors in deep evening colors to match the mood of the story.

A quintessential quiet evening for kids...and parents
This was one of my favorite books to read to--and later, be read by--my son.
And he liked it, too. Calming illustrations, and prose that paints a poetically peaceful picture.
A great end-of-the-day read. Love the ending.
Let's not overanalyze it, it's simply short and sweet. I liked it a lot and think you will, too. Relax with The Quiet Evening.