One Wide Sky: A Bedtime Lullaby

I really like this book as does the baby that I watch. He requests it almost every week when I come over. It counts down things that are outside under the "one wide sky" and features squirrels. It is a great counting book as well as a good book to read before bed. At the end the squirrels are shown sleeping and encourages children to also go to sleep. The illustrations are nice and clean. I like the darker colors used to portray the evening sky.

From morning to nightfall, two young squirrels and three young boys find lots to see and do in the backyard. The squirrels enjoy climbing fir trees for pinecones and foraging for crumbs from the boys' snack; the boys have a tent and sandbox to play in as Mother sits comfortingly nearby in the garden. After the busy day, it's bedtime--boys snug in their tent and the squirrels in their tree, all under a full moon. Along the way, children can practice counting 1 to 10. Gentle prose counts up and then down in descriptive rhyming couplets, employing familiar images ('Seven dump trucks filled with sand, / Eight bumblebees make a band'), generally nicely depicted

"One Wide sky" is a rhyming bedtime lullaby made for children. The story counts from 1-10, and the counts down from 10-1. This order was interesting because from 1-10, it follows the activities of the day, and when it starts counting down, the day in winding down into night. The illustrator is concise in his drawings and uses the whole page to depict the text. He also focuses his drawings on a family of squirrels and shows their daily life, but in the background you also see a group of children doing some of the same things. other than just a bedtime story, it could be used to help children learn how to count, as each page represents a new number of items.

A rhyming story of the day under one wide sky. The book counts up the the number ten and down from the number ten all while rhyming. This is a great book to read before bedtime. It is also great to read when learning how to count.

A story of backyard adventures for two squirrels gathering nuts and three young boys preparing to camp in their backyard. Eventually those adventures come to an end, night comes, and it is time for a lullabye. This book involves counting objects from 1 to 10. Great for kids learning how to count. The books strength is that it is educational for children and learning their numbers.

Countdown to bedtime as three boys camp in the backyard and two squirrels snuggle down for the night.