In a Blue Room
by Jim Averbeck
illustrated by Tricia Tusa
Harcourt, Orlando, 2008. 32 pages.
Here’s a sweet bedtime storybook.
In a blue room,
Alice bounces,
wide-awake past bedtime.
“Time for bed,” Mama says,
“and I’ve brought flowers for your room.”
“I can only sleep in a blue room,” says Alice.
“Blue is my favorite.
And those —
aren’t —
blue.”
“Ah. . . but smell,” Mama says.
Mama keeps bringing more lovely things that aren’t blue, but are wonderfully soothing. Alice keeps protesting, but getting sleepier.
The lovely part is that, when the light goes out and night falls, sure enough, everything in the room is blue.
The story is told in lyrical, soothing language, just right for bedtime. Good night!
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