| 2013 Randolph Caldecott Honor Award
In this magical bedtime story, the lyrical narrative echoes a"Runaway Bunny - "like cadence: "Does everything in the world go tosleep?" the little girl asks. In sincere and imaginative dialoguebetween a not-at-all sleepy child and understanding parents, thelittle girl decides "in a cocoon of sheets, a nest of blankets,"she is ready to sleep, warm and strong, just like a tiger. TheCaldecott Honor artist Pamela Zagarenski's rich, luminousmixed-media paintings effervesce with odd, charming details thatnonsleepy children could examine for hours. A rare gem.
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