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Go to Sleep, Little Farm
AuthorMary Lyn Ray
IllustratorChristopher Silas Neal
Cover artistNeal
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's book
PublisherClarion Books
Publication date
2014
Publication placeUnited States

Go to Sleep, Little Farm is a 2014 children's book by Mary Lyn Ray, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal and published by Clarion Books/ Harper Collins Publishers.

The book received a Charlotte Zolotow Award commendation.

Plot

Go to Sleep, Little Farm, told in rhyming couplets, depicts a group of animals on a farm settling down to go to sleep, while a young child does the same inside the farmhouse. The book is illustrated in a mixed media style with muted pastels.

Reception

The book was praised by Publishers Weekly, which praised Ray's "pleasingly surreal lines of verse" and, along with The New York Times, likened the book to Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon.[1] The Times and Kirkus Reviews, however, while praising Ray's poetic language, ultimately panned the book.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Go to Sleep, Little Farm". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ Russo, Maria (24 September 2014). "The World at Night". The New York Times. The New York TImes. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Go to Sleep, Little Farm". Kirkus Reviews. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2023.