By Hannah Hall
A gentle rhyming board book where baby animals settle down to sleep, each one sent off with the same blessing: God bless you and good night.
Baby foxes, bunnies, and a drowsy little bear settle in for the night, one animal family after another, as the day winds down. The rhyme carries you from one sleepy pair to the next, and each family gets the same soft send-off: God bless you and good night. The pages are thick board, made to be held and gummed and turned by the smallest hands, so it holds up as an actual baby's bedtime book.
This is the one families reach for as a baby gift, whether for a christening, a baptism, or a first Christmas. It's the first blessing book that gets read every night until the corners go soft. The board pages hold up to a real baby, the rhyme is short and easy to say from memory, and the repeated blessing turns into a small nightly ritual a family can keep for years. It's also the first of a whole God Bless series, so if this one becomes a favorite there are more waiting for the next holiday or milestone.