Sleepy Snuggles

by Diana Murray, Charles Santoso (Illustrator)

Overview

A soothing bedtime story about baby animals being tucked into bed and kissed good night, Sleepy Snuggles is a bedtime classic in the making for fans of I Love You Like No Otter and If Animals Kissed Good Night—and a perfect baby shower gift for new parents. Features a sweet "This Book Belongs to" personalization page.

Snuggle-bunny, snuggle-bunny, 

hop in bed, my dear.

I’ll tuck you in the garden leaves

and kiss your floppy ear.

As night falls, each baby animal is tucked into bed with a kiss–whether it’s on the lamb’s woolly head, the bear’s tiny claws, or the bee’s busy feet–until finally, it’s baby’s turn to snuggle and drift into sweet dreams after “one last kiss good night.”

With illustrations as soft and cozy as a lullaby, this is a perfect bedtime story to lull little ones to sleep.

Don’t miss other books by Diana Murray and Charles Santoso:

• Goodnight, Veggies
• This Way, Charlie
• Finding Muchness
• Unicorn Day
• I Will Read to You

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780063255234
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	10/01/2024
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Diana Murray is the author of several picture books, including Unicorn Day, illustrated by Luke Flowers, and City Shapes, illustrated by Bryan Collier. Her poems have been featured in magazines such as Highlights for Children and Spider. She lives outside New York City with her husband, two very messy children, a goldfish named Pickle, and an impressive sock collection. You can visit her online at dianamurray.com.

Charles Santoso loves drawing little things in his little journal and dreams about funny, wondrous stories. He moves around between different countries to live and work. Charles is always on the lookout for bookstores and cats whenever he explores a new place. He is the illustrator of several picture books, including Ida, Always, I Will Read to You, and Dear Unicorn. You can visit him at charlessantoso.com.

Editorial Reviews

08/12/2024

Numerous animal pairs wind down with species-specific bedtime routines in Murray’s gently reiterative rhymes. Featuring familiar creatures including bear cubs, lambs, piglets, ducklings, and more, quatrains open with snuggle-inspired summons (“Snuggle-bunny, snuggle-bunny”). First-person lines then smoothly proceed to habitat-appropriate tuck-ins (a “golden hive” for a “snuggle-bee”) along with a loving kiss (on the “pointy beak” of a “snuggle-chick”). The combination yields mesmerizing stanzas ready-made for human imitation: “Snuggle-frog, snuggle-frog,/ under dreamy skies,/ I’ll tuck you in a lily pad/ and kiss your sleepy eyes.” Handmade textures and digital techniques lend each cuddly scene of an animal parent and youth the soft, almost pointillist fuzziness of a textile—just like the concluding blanket that helps tuck in a pale-skinned human youth. Ages 4–8. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

"Make this irresistibly snuggly book a part of your nightly bedtime ritual." — Kirkus Reviews

"This picture book is well designed for lulling young children to sleep." — Booklist

From the Publisher

2024-07-04
Nothing’s so soothing at bedtime as a tender parental snuggle.

On each successive page, a different animal parent—a bunny, a bear, a bee, a hen, a sheep, a pig, a duck, a fish, a frog, a robin, and, at last, a human—tucks a precious babe in and tenderly kisses the little one. Expressing themselves in gentle, lilting verse with the cadence of a soft lullaby, these parents wish their babies a loving good night. Each spread begins with the wordsnuggle: “Snuggle-duckling, snuggle-duckling, / not another quack!” Youngsters listening to these soothing words will not only be lulled into peaceful slumbers themselves, but will also glean some easy science lessons as the animal parents describe their children’s physical characteristics. The bear mentions its youngster’s “tiny claws,” the hen points out her chick’s “pointy beak,” and the duck refers to the duckling’s “downy back.” Each parent also identifies its little one’s bedding. The little bunny gets tucked into a bed of “garden leaves,” the bee in a “golden hive,” and the sheep in a “grassy field.” Rendered in a warm palette, Santoso’s illustrations, created digitally and with handmade textures, are as plush and comforting as the downy blanket enfolding the human “snuggle-baby” in the final spread. (It’s no coincidence that the cuddly infant is surrounded by stuffed toy versions of the animals in the story.) Human characters present white.

Make this irresistibly snuggly book a part of your nightly bedtime ritual.(Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews