Product Description

Author-illustrator team Kathleen and Michael Hague open a door to the fantastic realm of fairies. In this sweet picture book bursting with luscious images filled with over 300 fairies, a mother sends her sleepy child off to dreamland with whispered secrets of wonderful winged creatures. Children can search for a special fairy that is hidden on every spread. "Each page is intricately decorated with fantasy images that bring children into a world overflowing with unicorns, mermaids, and tiny fairy musical bands ... A gentle good-night story." (Booklist) "Michael Hague's signature intricate pen-and-ink, watercolor, and colored pencil illustrations reveal an enchanting miniature world." (Publishers Weekly) Ages 4-8

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #518666 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-15
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .19" h x 7.28" w x 9.70" l, .44 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 40 pages

From Amazon.com
Children enamored with the notion of fairies will drink up Kathleen and Michael Hague's lush picture book like nectar. When a mother is asked by her child about how fairies spend their days and nights, she embarks on a dreamy account of these mysterious, magical creatures. For starters, fairies hang the stars in the sky each evening "so every child will have a night-light." They also teach birds to sing, paint the wings of butterflies, comb mermaids' hair, and sleep "on leafy beds in secret gardens." The wondering child falls asleep to these poetic musings, welcomed to dreamland by the fairies.

Lyrical colored-pencil and watercolor illustrations, filled with elaborate detail, accompany this gentle bedtime story. Readers are challenged to find and count all 321 winged fairies in the book, and to look for the red-capped fairy hiding on each page. The author-illustrator team has paired up on several bestselling titles, including Ten Little Bears and Alphabears. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter

From Publishers Weekly
Bedtime turns magical in Good Night, Fairies by Kathleen Hague, illus. by Michael Hague, as a mother answers her child's questions about what fairies do at nighttime. The parent characterizes them as benevolent, magical creatures that watch over children and care for their lost toys. Michael Hague's signature intricate pen-and-ink, watercolor and colored pencil illustrations reveal an enchanting miniature world.
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From Booklist
Ages 4-8. At bedtime an androgynous child asks Mother about fairies. In loving detail the mother (who looks as though she might be part fairy herself) describes various jobs fairies do and answers questions. It turns out that fairies do many wonderful things: they take care of lost toys, teach unicorns to fly, and cause flowers to bloom. When the child falls asleep, fairies take the little one to dreamland. Each page is intricately decorated with fantasy images that bring children into a world overflowing with unicorns, mermaids, and tiny fairy musical bands. Even the elegant scriptlike font adds to the fantasy atmosphere. A gentle good-night story, for children charmed by fantasy and magic. Marta Segal
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