Nine O'Clock Lullaby

By Marilyn Singer

Book Overview

When it's 9 P.M. in Brooklyn, it's 10 P.M. in Puerto Rico, and midnight on the mid-atlantic. Far from the vroom of New York traffic, the Puerto Rican night is filled with conga music, sweet rice, and fruit ice. In India, villagers begin their morning chores as well ropes squeak, buckets splash, and bracelets jangle. Meanwhile, in Australia, a sly kookaburra is ready for a noontime feast. Marilyn Singer's rhythmic lullaby, with bright illustrations by Franc. Lessac, gently transports children through different time zones and distant lands. Young readers will travel far from home, then back again, on a glorious bedtime journey. Ages 5+

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064433196
• ISBN13: 9780064433198
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 9.7" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Poetry rather than a story

This books isn't so much a story as a poem about the world and time zones. The pictures are great, and the poem is fun. My kids really love it and have it memorized. Perfect for the littlest kid, this book holds attention with plenty to look at and the words have great rythym to them.