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Mary Lyn Ray

Autore di Stars

28 opere 2,492 membri 132 recensioni

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Mary Lyn Ray was born in Louisiana in 1946. She is a conservationist who worked in museums for fifteen years and as a professional consultant in land protection and historic preservation. She is also the author of several picture books for children including Christmas Farm, Pumpkins, Shaker Boy, mostra altro Welcome, Brown Bird, and Stars. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

Opere di Mary Lyn Ray

Stars (2011) 491 copie
Mud (1996) 418 copie
The Basket Moon (1999) 318 copie
Christmas Farm (2008) 216 copie
Red Rubber Boot Day (2000) 184 copie
Go to Sleep, Little Farm (2014) 121 copie
The Thank You Book (2018) 72 copie
Goodnight, Good Dog (2015) 64 copie
Welcome, Brown Bird (2004) 59 copie
Shaker Boy (1994) 54 copie
Pianna (1994) 45 copie
Deer Dancer (2014) 36 copie
A Violin for Elva (2015) 32 copie

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Spare, poetic* rhyming text and mixed media illustrations combine for a book that takes a zoomed-out view of bedtime. A Little girl's parents tuck her in, but everything else is going to bed too, and beginning to dream.

*"the minutes that sleep inside clocks"
 
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JennyArch | 3 altre recensioni | Sep 22, 2023 |
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Genre
Bedtime stories
Picture books for children
Tone
Quiet
Writing Style
Lyrical
Illustration
Big and bold
Cartoony
Subject
Bedtime
Dogs
Insomnia
Silence and silent things
 
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kmgerbig | 5 altre recensioni | Apr 27, 2023 |
Genre
Bedtime stories
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Tone
Amusing
Quiet
Illustration
Muted
Subject
Animals
Bedtime
Farms
Forests
Girls
Night
Sleep
 
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kmgerbig | 3 altre recensioni | Apr 27, 2023 |
In the fashion of 'Goodnight Moon', we see the animals in the surrounding woods all find their way to their beds, and the child watching out the window gets a story read which sends her into her dreams.
Yes, there is a rhyming scheme which can be overwhelming; it is all in the ability of the person reading to avoid any bias toward sing-songiness, and make it a story of parental love.
The pictures are fairly blocky, somewhat like collages in their mix of background and main image, but capture well the various animals and the human intereactions.… (altro)
 
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juniperSun | 3 altre recensioni | Dec 20, 2022 |

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Opere
28
Utenti
2,492
Popolarità
#10,292
Voto
3.9
Recensioni
132
ISBN
99
Lingue
2

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