The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Banks, Kate

Close Your Eyes

40 pp. | Farrar/Foster | September, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-374-31382-2 $$16.00

(2) PS Illustrated by Georg Hallensleben. A mother tiger settles her restless cub, who doesn't want to close his eyes, with quieting promises of fanciful dreams and assurances that she will be there when he wakes. The rich paintings depict a lush, inviting jungle setting, and the softly rounded animal forms are more friendly than realistic in both dream (a plaid whale) and waking (a smiling croc) worlds, a style suited to the soothing bedtime story.

Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2002