Eve Merriam

Eve Merriam's beloved poetry tenderly holds our hearts in this timeless collection of bedtime poetry. Gorgeous illustrations and dreamy stanzas lull even the liveliest little one off to sleep. "You be the tree, I'll be the pears, carry me, carry me, up the stairs." Starry Blankets: Poems for Bedtime is perfect for lap reading or snuggling under the covers, includes more than twenty of Merriam's most known and most loved poems. Selected from across her long career, this collection is a great introduction to this icon in children's poetry. Nice and TightYou be saucer, I'll be cup, piggyback, piggyback, pick me upYou be tree, I'll be pears, carry me, carry meup the stairs. You be Good, I'll be Night, tuck me in, tuck me innice and tight.

Twelve witty double spreads take young readers on a counting adventure of adding to eleven. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 __ 12 What happened to 11? Is it in the magician's hat? Maybe it's in the mailbox or hiding in the jack-o'-lantern? Don't forget to look in the barnyard where the hen awaits the arrival of her new little chicks. Could that be where eleven went? Eve Merriam and Bernie Karlin take young readers on a counting adventure as they demonstrate twelve witty and imaginative ways to get to eleven.