Although some books claim to be bedtime stories, they contain plotlines that are far too lively to promote dozing off. Marion Dane Bauer’s Sleep, Little One, Sleep is a bedtime story in the true sense of the word because it contains lilty and lofty lyric text that will help close even the most reluctant little eyelids. Illustrated by Joellen McAllister Stammen, the story unfolds as a father softly tells his daughter about the ways in which all of the world’s creatures gently drift off every evening. | Sleep Little One Sleep by Marion Dane Bauer, Picture Books | Indigo Chapters