Going to Sleep on the Farm

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“How does a cow go to sleep — tell me how? How does a cow go to sleep?”

By the time it’s pages are half through, Mary’s eyes are drooping. It seems that the effect of saying “go to sleep” over enough times induces actual sleep on the part of a tired toddler—not to mention the yawns that Daddy is doing his best to suppress as he reads!

Going to Sleep on the Farm is one of our 18-month-old daughter Mary Kate’s favorite books…

Eloise Wilkin

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Eloise Wilkin has always been my favorite children’s book illustrator.  In fact, she’s probably my very favorite illustrator ever (excepting my husband’s drawings of classic cars and my daughter’s “pictures,” of course!).  I grew up with my parents reading me the Golden Sturdy Shape Book versions of My Good Morning Book and My Good Night [...]