Babies and toddlers who loved the "real" ladybugs in Ten Little Ladybugs will adore the nine sparkly, three-dimensional butterflies in Good Night, Sweet Butterflies. Each glitter-covered butterfly flits through a color-themed spread which offers a place for the little winged one to sleep: "on red roses as a red robin sings good night," is the text accompanying a psychedelic, color-saturated image of birds, flowers, and various insects. The meter of the rhyming text is a bit off, which makes it hard to read the book rhythmically, but little ones are likely to be so enthralled with the illustrations that it won’t matter. The thick, kid-friendly pages are easy to turn and hard to tear; the butterflies are securely mounted, but not impossible to remove, so it might be a good idea to keep this one for reading together. (Ages 2 to 6) --Jennifer Lindsay

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WARNING: Choking hazard. Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.

FROM OUR EDITORS

The Barnes & Noble Review
From the creator of the smash-hit Ten Little Ladybugs comes this bedtime charmer featuring a flock of glittering, happy-faced butterflies looking for some sleep.

On lush spreads that burst with bright colors and cheerful critters, nine butterflies are looking for a place to bed down for the night. As they travel among "yellow daisies waving to the yellow setting sun, / in swaying green reeds where green frogs are having fun" and many other scenes filled with dreamily dozing animals, each magical butterfly disappears with the turn of a page. After the last little wanderer rests "with white sheep gazing at the white moon way up high," a starry night sky expands soothingly overhead until the sun comes up and the world wakes again to enjoy "another colorful springtime day!"

Using the Ladybugs format that showcases all nine raised butterflies in its die-cut cover, Good Night, Sweet Butterflies is a sweet story and easy counting/color lesson rolled into one. Little readers will be in awe over the brilliant, color-themed pages that spotlight different animals and flowers of a particular color, and they'll be eager to count the butterflies that appear on each spread. A perfect addition to storytimes or quiet times, this cutie is sure to plant smiles all around. Matt Warner

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Good Night, Sweet Butterflies is the perfect way to get young ones to go to sleep. The nine glittery plastic butterflies in this sweet bedtime storybook correspond to the predominant color on each spread, reinforcing color identification skills in a soothing way.

This is the ultimate novelty bedtime book -- one that little sleepyheads will clamor for each night. The best-selling format can't be beat, and the beautiful glittery butterflies and die-cut fun on every page add to the bedtime extravaganza!

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

A bounty of titles presents basic concepts and appeals to youngsters' common interests. Shaped like butterflies, nine sparkly counting pieces peek through die-cut holes on the cover of the paper-over-board book Good Night, Sweet Butterflies by Dawn Bentley, illus. by Heather Cahoon. Each spread highlights a different color as the butterflies search for a place to sleep (e.g., they alight on "yellow daisies waving to the yellow setting sun"), and one less appears with each turn of a page.

Children's Literature - Eleanor Heldrich