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Goodnight Goodnight Sleepyhead Board Book

Goodnight Goodnight Sleepyhead Board Book( )
Author: Krauss, Ruth
Illustrator: Dyer, Jane
ISBN:978-0-694-01501-6
Publication Date:Aug 2007
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperFestival
Book Format:Board book
List Price:USD $7.99
Book Description:

Help your little one get ready for sleep with the gentle classic Goodnight, Goodnight, Sleepyhead.

A young child bids her surroundings an affectionate goodnight before settling down for a peaceful night's sleep: Goodnight eyes, goodnight nose, goodnight fingers, goodnight toes.

With comforting text from Ruth Krauss, the beloved author of the classics The Carrot Seed and A Hole Is to Dig, and charming illustrations from bestselling illustrator Jane Dyer, this story...
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Book Details
Pages:32
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Bedtime & Dreams
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7 x 7 x 0.77 Inches
Book Weight:0.785 Pounds
Author Biography
Krauss, Ruth (Author)
Ruth Krauss was born on July 25, 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended the Peabody Institute of Music. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Parsons School of Fine and Applied Art and studied anthropology at Columbia University. In 1941, she married David Johnson Leisk, who wrote and illustrated children's books as Crockett Johnson. They occasionally worked together.

Her first book, A Good Man and His Good Wife, was published in 1944. She was credited as being one of the first authors to use minimal text, concentrating on precise language and working closely with an illustrator. She wrote more than 30 children's books during her lifetime including The Carrot Seed, I Can Fly, and A Hole Is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions. She received the Caldecott Medal for The Happy Day in 1950 and A Very Special House in 1954. She also wrote verse plays and poetry for adults. She died on July 10, 1993 at the age of 91.

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