8/4/2023 0 Comments Hush little babyScott, internationally bestselling author of In Case of Emergency Praise for Stolen Things Exciting storytelling and great characters make Stolen Things a powerhouse read. ![]() (Mar.) FYI: Notecards (set of 16, $9.95, ISBN 0-8118-1643-5) and a 10""-tall plush doll ($14.95, -1792-X) based on the book are being released simultaneously. Hush Little Baby is a fiercely compelling must-read E.G. While the audience (like Mama's cooperative offspring) may well find their eyelids growing heavy, they will be happily distracted by the pictures' fetching particulars: a patchwork quilt displaying miniature renditions of objects mentioned in the lullaby and, on the bedside table, a book illustration that hints that this sleepy rabbit is reading the same book that they are. They are attentive, responsive and provide high level. And if that looking glass gets broke, Mama's going to buy you a billy goat. And if that diamond ring turns brass, Mama's going to buy you a looking glass. And if that mockingbird don't sing, Mama's going to buy you a diamond ring. ![]() The art, meanwhile, is both soothing and diverting. 10 reviews of Hush Hush Little Baby Newborn Care Love working with Haleigh and the team at HHLB. Hush, little baby, don't say a word, Mama's going to buy you a mockingbird. The lyrics promise various rewards to the child. Rather, this Mama character-one of Long's (illustrator of Ten Little Rabbits) familiar, gentle bunnies-comforts her cotton-tailed child with vows to share the sound of cricket calls and a song on her banjo, the sight of a shooting star and the harvest moon and, finally, ""As that moon drifts through the sky,/ Mama's going to sing you a lullaby."" Blending images of nature with such timelessly reassuring items as teddy bear and picture book, Long's song is gracious if not especially inventive. Hush, Little Baby is a traditional lullaby, thought to have been written in the Southern United States. In her reworking of the classic lullaby, Long intentionally de-emphasizes the materialism of the original, making no promises of such grand gifts as a diamond ring or horse and cart.
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