lullabies

Rhymed text and illustrations describe young animals and children in the moments just before they fall asleep.

A baby is promised a strange assortment of things, from a mockingbird to a horse and cart--all for not crying.

As the sun slowly fades and the soft, silver moon rises, baby animals snuggle down to sleep while their mothers watch over them.

Includes forty-eight songs, with music set to traditional rhymes and verses by James Thurber, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others.

A father takes his baby on a midnight stroll through the house, trying to get the baby to sleep.

Singer and actress Julie Andrews shares her intimate stories and family memories through a collection of nearly 150 poems, songs, and lullabies.

Mary sings a lullaby to the newborn baby Jesus as He lies in the manger, and in her song she describes how the world around Him is rejoicing at His birth.

Rhyming text describes some of the young animals--from a gray wolf pup and a horned puffin to a cougar kit and a small brown bat--as they settle down to sleep.

Presents an illustrated collection of bedtime verse, including new selections and traditional favorites.

A mother tells her baby how she would care for it if it were a bunny, a kitten, or other animal infant; she then sings a lullaby about each baby animal.