Read When Mermaids Sleep Online
Authors: Ann Bonwill
When Mermaids Sleep (2 page)
Those blankets white are made from snow,
whose lacy falling flakes
drift to the west, where griffins nest—
shh! now one awakes.
Far below those same large nests
in tunnels underground,
glowing bugs in round glass jugs
with dozing dwarves are found.
Those tunnels lead up through the earth.
They’ll reach the surface soon,
where fairies lie on flowers high
and sleep beneath the moon.
Into your room shines that same moon
and casts a dreamy light.
Close your eyes as magic flies.
It’s time to say …
… good night.
Ann Bonwill
is the author of
Bug and Bear, Naughty Toes, Pocket’s Christmas Wish,
and
I Don’t Want to Be a Pea!
She lives in Virginia with her husband, their young son, and a crazy Welsh corgi named Arthur.
Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher
, a husband-and-wife team, are the illustrators of over thirty books, including
Jim Henson: The Guy Who Played with Puppets
and
The Boy on Fairfield Street
, both by Kathleen Krull;
My Many Colored Days
by Dr. Seuss;
New York’s Bravest
by Mary Pope Osborne; and
Amazing Peace
by Maya Angelou.
I Walk at Night
by Lois Duncan was a
New York Times
Best Illustrated Children’s Book. They have also received the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal.
