Synopses & Reviews
HORA DE DORMIR DEL CONEJO is a beautifully translated bilingual edition of Nancy Elizabeth Wallaceand#8217;s popular RABBIT'S BEDTIME. Each page contains the Spanish text, followed by the English text in italics. The lyrical words and simple, colorful artwork invite readers young and old to reflect on a day well spent.
Published last spring, the English edition of RABBIT'S BEDTIME received great acclaim. It was chosen for the Read to Grow literacy program. Here is what Kirkus Reviews had to say about the book: and#147;As a young rabbit prepares for sleep, the pleasures of the day are recounted in couplets: and#145;Time with others. Time alone. Time to nurture seeds Iand#8217;ve sown.and#8217; In the day, there was also time to play, sing, cuddle, and hug. Each activity is impressively captured in Wallaceand#8217;s distinctive cut-paper artwork; the colors invite readers to linger, and the scenes are immediately recognizable. The positions struck by the rabbits and#151; e.g., two bunnies dancing about in the spray of a sprinkler and#151; are remarkably natural. While the rhymes and imagery are highly accessible, Wallace has added incidentals that expand the age range for the book, such as ladybugs, dragonflies, or a crab in a fish tank, that are fun to discover and identify.and#8221;
Review
As a young rabbit prepares for sleep, the pleasures of the day are recounted in couplets: Time with others. Time alone./Time to nurture seeds I've sown.' In the day, there was also time to play, sing, cuddle, and hug. Each activity is impressively captured in Wallace's distinct cut-paper artwork; the colors invite readers to linger, and the scenes are immediately recognizable. The positions struck by the rabbits, e.g. two bunnies dancing about in the spray of a sprinklerare remarkably natural. While the rhymes and imagery are highly accessible, Wallace has added incidentals that expand the age range for the book, such as ladybugs, dragonflies, or a crab in a fish tank, that are fun to discover and identify. The final image of the bunny hunkering down with a teddy bear will bring smiles.
Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
What was good about today? Thus begins this lyrical invitation to reflect on a day well spent. In gloriously simple fashion, Rabbit's Bedtime illustrates the satisfying balance of creating, sharing, thinking, and learning that sustains every child. Above all, it reveals the power of love. A sweet enticement to reflect on the events of the day before nodding off to sleep
About the Author
A self-taught illustrator, Nancy Elizabeth Wallace has a master of arts degree in child development. She worked as the coordinator of the Child Life Program at Yale New Haven Hospital, helping children with creative writing, art, music, and clowning. She lives with her husband, Peter, in an old house by the sea in Branford, Connecticut. Through a literacy program called Read to Grow, which provides books for babies, her book Rabbit"s Bedtime is being given to every infant born at Yale-New Haven Hospital. A bilingual Spanish-English edition of Rabbit"s Bedtime is now available.