Good night my love; it's time to rest. Watch sunny skies turn gray. The day is ending in the forest and everyone is going to bed. Mama bird quiets her nest at the end of the day. Leaves rustle as squirrels scurry, collecting nuts and seeds, but bedtime's coming in a hurry and rest is what they need. Fireflies draw close on a leaf. A fawn settles against her mother. Each family gets its own hush, and its own line: Shhh, baby bird. Shhh, baby squirrel.

Die-cut windows are cut through the pages, so a shape in one spread opens onto the scene waiting underneath and small fingers can find the squirrels before the page has even turned. Thomas Elliott builds the forest out of layered paper textures, gold speckles and enormous glowing skies, and slips a ladybug, a snail or a bee into almost every corner for a child who wants something to look for while the rhyme slows down.

The trim is wide rather than tall, near eleven inches across, which gives every spread the width of a whole horizon. A quiet last-thing-at-night book for a lap, a crib side, or a new baby gift.