The Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy Rathmann. This story is by far one of my favorites. It is a great blend of fabulous writing and great illustration. I love the contrast of the illustration. Everything is basically black shadows/outline against varying shades of the sunset. It is so well done!
The Day the Babies Crawled Away is about a little boy that resuces the rebel babies from frogs, bees, bats, you name it . . . The way that the author writes is among my favorite -- I think I have the whole book memorized now and it's the type of rhyming that actually sounds natural and rolls off of your tongue like Dr.Seuss.
My favorite page (the 2nd to the last one) :
Remember the way
I carried you home to bed?
You were thirsty, and tired,
And your little eyes were red.
You told me your story,
I brewed you some tea,
Then you fell
Fast asleep
In a small pile on me . . .
You fell fast asleep in a small pile on me . . . how perfectly does that describe bedtime!
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