Merbaby's Lullaby
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From New York Times bestselling author Jane Yolen comes a lilting lullaby from the bottom of the sea.
Hush, foam rocker,
sleep, wave breaker.
Close your eyes and dream,
tide breaker.
A hush-filled bedtime rhyme for parents to share with their newborns, Merbaby’s Lullaby is an underwater cradlesong written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Elizabeth O. Dulemba. Join a mermaid as she helps her merbaby to sleep, rocking with the gentle waves, singing with the whispering whales, and settling in with sea stars lighting the way to sweet dreams.
Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen is the children’s book author of hundreds of beloved and bestselling books, which have garnered numerous awards, including the Caldecott Award for Owl Moon. Yolen herself was awarded the 2022 American Library Association’s Sydney Taylor Body of Work Award. She lives in Massachusetts. Anna Wilson is a fine artist and illustrator. She lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with her husband, an ornithologist.
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