Books with author Merle (ILT) Peek Merle Peek

A picture book favourite in Spanish and English! '10 in the bed/and the little one said:/"Roll Over./Roll Over."/They all rolled over/and one fell out.'...One verse per page is issustrated with whimsical animals and a little boy. The animals are lively and curl up around the room after falling out of bed...Dreamy pastel illustrations are in blue and gold with clever but not busy detail. A pleasant way to count backwards, good for young groups and for singing at bedtime.

"Illustrated editions of single songs provide toddlers with a delightful introduction to books. The artist features soft blues, candlelight golds, and shadowed browns to create a nighttime mood in which a young child shares his bed with 9 friendly animals. Beginning with the number 10, one after the other tumbles to the floor as the counting rhyme works backward until the child is "alone at last". . . Peek's colors and spacing are nicely rendered. Music is appended." - ALA Booklist