Time for Bed Gift Set: [Night-Light and Board Book] [With Night Light]

Mem Fox. Harcourt Children's Books, $15.95 (28pp) ISBN 978-0-15-216228-3

A board book edition of Mem Fox's Time for Bed, illus. by Jane Dyer, is included in the Time for Bed Gift Set. As the baby animals settle down for a good night's sleep, youngsters will be lulled by the soothing, repetitive text, and the sturdy, beautifully crafted nightlight nestled alongside the book in a handsome package will assuage any fear of the dark. (Oct.)

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