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A favorite lullaby becomes a celebration of love in this lushly illustrated version featuring animals from all over the world.
On a beautiful night an owl sings to her owelet, a deer to his fawn, a whale to her calf. Animal parents sing this lullaby to their young, showing the universality of a parent's love for his or her child. Jane Cabrera's brilliant colors illustrate these adorable animals and their homes.
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Kirkus Review
A pink-cheeked version of a song most everyone knows, with new verses highlighting cozy animal dyads across the world. The bright yellow and red owlet with its parent opens the lullaby with the verse we all know. Next a papa deer and fawn in the forest, a whale and calf in the sea, a kangaroo and joey in the outback, vulture and chick and so on, each filling a two-page spread. The verse mirrors the pictures: "Glisten, glisten, little star, / how I wonder what you are. / Up above the grassy plain " shows a papa lion and cub, and on the next spread--"through the warm, wet jungle rain"--a pair of rosy-cheeked monkeys. The five-pointed, butter-gold star is prominently visible on every spread. Color and line are thick and bold, while all of the animals, from polar bears to pussy cats, have button eyes and the suggestion of human smiles. The final verse ("Twinkle over towns and trees, / fields and farms, / Lakes and seas") shows just such a vista, with lollipop trees, a building-block city and a little red lighthouse. The concluding spread, "Twinkle, twinkle, up above // for me and for / the one I love" pictures that bright star on one page facing a golden-haired mother and child. The music for this venerable tune is on the back endpaper. A nursery charmer. (Picture book. 3-6)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.