Hello Sunshine, Good Night Moonlight

. ABRAMS, $14.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-8109-4834-1

From Eleanor Farjeon's ""Waking up"" to Sara Teasdale's ""Night,"" 30 inspiring poems chart the day in Hello Sunshine, Good Night Moonlight: Favorite Poems to Take You Through the Day, illus. by John Wallace. Featured poets include Bobbi Katz, Robert Louis Stevenson and Molly Bang, among many others, and offer thematic impetus for Wallace's pastel-toned illustrations, teeming with cheery toddlers and animals exploring the world and at play. (Mar.)

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