A Bedtime Yarn
by
Nicola Winstanley & Olivia Chin Mueller
Order:
USA
Can
Tundra, 2017 (2017)
Hardcover
Reviewed by Hilary Williamson
H
ere's a sweet bedtime yarn about a mother bear's innovative solution to her little one's sleep problems. Mama Bear gives Frankie a ball of yarn to hold in bed - a different color every night - and knits as her little one falls asleep.
A
s each ball shrinks to nothing, Frankie's mother gives him a new one, and '
every color had a story
' that took him on different journeys of imagination. Before the yarn, Frankie was afraid of sleep, worrying '
where the darkness would take him
'. The yarn anchors him.
B
ut what is his mother knitting? It's a surprise so I can't tell you, but Frankie is getting ready to let go of the yarn - what will replace it?
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