With 42 original poems by author Rick Telander and an equal number of full-page, full-color illustrations from 42 different artists from four countries, Sweet Dreamsis a beautiful, easy-to-read poetry collection in the fashion of Robert Louis Stevenson's century-old classic, A Child's Garden of Verses.
is a work of caring for young boys and girls who must make that ordinary yet complex and sometimes frightening transition from waking reality to the land of Nod.
Sweet Dreams is a gift to all children, the way the best illustrated words can be.
Rick Telanderis the senior sports columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and a former senior writer for Sports Illustrated and ESPN: the Magazine. In 2018, he was awarded the Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence by the Society of Professional Journalists, and in 2021, he was inducted into the National Sportswriters Hall of Fame. He is the author of ten books, including Heaven Is a Playground.
"Lifelong newswriter pens sweet bedtime poems! And has them illustrated by a wonderful collection of illustrator friends! It you are looking for sweet dreams--read all about it! right here." --Jon Scieszka, Library of Congress' first national ambassador for young people's literature