Good Night, Sleep Tight facts for kids
Good Night, Sleep Tight is a special poetry book made just for kids. It's a huge collection of poems put together by Ivan Jones and Mal Lewis Jones. The main idea behind the book is to give busy parents a poem to read to their children every single night.
Contents
What is "Good Night, Sleep Tight"?
This book is an anthology, which means it's a big collection of poems. It has 366 poems inside, one for each night of the year! You'll find poems by famous writers and also some by newer poets. Even the people who put the book together, Ivan Jones and Mal Lewis Jones, have some of their own poems in it.
The book is organized into twelve different sections, one for each month. Each month's section has beautiful pictures drawn by a well-known artist. Parents can pick out special poems for birthdays, holidays, or other important family events.
Famous Poems Inside
Good Night, Sleep Tight includes many well-loved poems. Some examples are "I Met At Eve" by Walter de la Mare and "Will There Really Be a Morning" by Emily Dickinson. You can also find fun poems like "Last Night I Dreamed about Chickens" by Jack Prelutsky. Another classic is "Escape at Bedtime" by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Who Created This Book?
The people who gathered all these wonderful poems were Ivan Jones and Mal Lewis Jones. They are the editors who carefully chose each poem for the collection. Many different illustrators also helped bring the book to life with their artwork for each month.
Publication and Success
This popular poetry book was first published in the year 2000. It was released by Scholastic and Scholastic Inc. in the USA. Since then, Good Night, Sleep Tight has been very successful. It has sold over one hundred thousand copies in its hardback version, showing how much families enjoy reading it.
