Are you looking for a new book to settle your little reader into a blissful sleep? Jennifer Maruno and Miki Sato have come together in their dreamy new bedtime story While You Sleep that is sure to spark restful nights and good dreams.

As a little child settles down to sleep, the nighttime helpers prepare the world for the new day to come.

Jennifer Maruno’s lyrical, rhyming text ebbs and flows from page to page without missing a beat. While You Sleep has the qualities of the great classic bedtime stories like Goodnight Moon and Guess How Much I Love You. It’s about bedtime, has a message of slowing down and preparing the world anew, has compelling illustrations and is timeless. Jennifer Maruno creates a sense of security and calm with her words Readers cannot help but have good dreams while drifting off to thoughts of flowers being painted and butterfly wings being dusted.

While You Sleep is a book that would have been on regular rotation at bedtime in our house had it been published five years ago. Now it makes me feel a bit wistful for the cuddle up story time days and I hope that parents and caregivers with little ones now can enjoy a good cuddle.

Miki Sato’s collage style illustrations are a perfect complement to Jennifer Maruno’s text. The illustrations are soft and cuddly, soothing and comforting enveloping readers in a warm cozy visual blanket. For older readers, the illustrations may also inspire creativity to use different materials in their own artwork.