It's Time To Sleep, My Love [Board book]

As comforting as a soft blanket and warm as a goodnight hug, Eric Metaxas's lullabyIt's Time to Sleep, My Loveis delightfully brought to life by bestselling artist Nancy Tillman(On the Night You Were Born), whose illustrations celebrate the wonders of the natural world, and the bonds of family.

It's time to sleep, it's time to sleep,

the fishes croon in waters deep.

The songbirds sing in trees above,

It's time to sleep, my love, my love.

As children prepare for bed, the world around them is also settling down for the night. Animals who live in the jungle, the forest, the seaall whisper to their babies a soft refrain: It's time to sleep, my love.

It's Time to Sleep, My Loveis a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

A lyrical lullabye for family sharing, gorgeously illustrated byNew York Timesbestseller Nancy Tillman.

Nancy Tillmanis the author and illustrator of theNew York Timesbest-selling picture bookOn the Night You Were Bornand its companion journal,The Wonder of You: A Book for Celebrating Baby's First Year. Her other books includeWherever You Are: My Love Will Find You, The Spirit of Christmas, andTumford the Terrible. A former advertising executive, Tillman now writes and illustrates full-time. She lives in Tualatin, Oregon.

Eric Metaxasis the author ofEverything You Always Wanted to Know About God (But Were Afraid to Ask)and thirty children's books. He has written for Veggie Tales and Rabbit Ears Productions, earning three Grammy nominations for Best Children's Recording.

As inOn the Night You Were Born, the words directly address a young listener with comforting, fanciful imagery . . . Culminating in a final scene of a sleeping child in a floating bed under a watchful moon, this gentle, tender offering will buoy children with its strong messages of safety and love. lÓÁ