false <![CDATA[In a Blue Room]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213026820m/2546587.jpg 2546587 1 <div>Alice is wide, wide awake. Mama brings flowers, tea, a quilt, even lullaby bells to help her sleep. But none of these things are blue, and Alice can sleep only in a blue room. Yet when the light goes out, a bit of magic is stirred up. Pale blue moonlight swirls into her bedroom window. Then the night swirls out, around the moon and into the universe, leaving Alice fast alseep in a most celestial blue room. </div> 2554118 1 4 2008 In a Blue Room total:161|5:77|4:50|3:28|2:4|1:2| 161 679 211 63 2546587 015205992X 9780152059927 161 63 In a Blue Room 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213026820m/2546587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2546587.In_a_Blue_Room 5 2 false Tue Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 20:48:35 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 20:50:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2546587 015205992X 9780152059927 161 63 In a Blue Room 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213026820m/2546587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2546587.In_a_Blue_Room 5 1 false Sun May 18 06:11:38 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 06:11:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2546587 015205992X 9780152059927 161 63 In a Blue Room 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213026820m/2546587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2546587.In_a_Blue_Room 5 1 false Tue Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun May 18 11:12:32 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 04 12:27:28 -0800 2008
I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this for children who are extremely literal minded or who routinely look for w...more...]]> 2546587 015205992X 9780152059927 161 63 In a Blue Room 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213026820m/2546587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2546587.In_a_Blue_Room 4 1 false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 16:52:29 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 17:46:08 -0800 2008 2546587 015205992X 9780152059927 161 63 In a Blue Room 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213026820m/2546587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2546587.In_a_Blue_Room 5 1 false Sun May 18 09:49:18 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 11:04:00 -0700 2008 But I am also enamored of the amazing illustrations by Tricia Tusa.
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The spare text, full of sensory details, depicts a child avoiding bedtim...more...]]> 2546587 015205992X 9780152059927 161 63 In a Blue Room 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213026820m/2546587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2546587.In_a_Blue_Room 4 0 false Tue Oct 21 15:50:07 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 15:50:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2546587 015205992X 9780152059927 161 63 In a Blue Room 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213026820m/2546587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2546587.In_a_Blue_Room 3 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 14:20:49 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 14:22:01 -0700 2008
A young girl is settling down for the night, but she’s partial to the color blue. Her patient mother enters her room to announce that it’s bedtime, bringing her daugh...more...]]> 2546587 015205992X 9780152059927 161 63 In a Blue Room 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213026820m/2546587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2546587.In_a_Blue_Room 5 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 17:55:07 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 17:57:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2546587 015205992X 9780152059927 161 63 In a Blue Room 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213026820m/2546587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2546587.In_a_Blue_Room 5 0 false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 12:59:24 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 13:05:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2546587 015205992X 9780152059927 161 63 In a Blue Room 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213026820m/2546587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2546587.In_a_Blue_Room 4 0 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 13:00:51 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 13:30:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2546587 015205992X 9780152059927 161 63 In a Blue Room 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213026820m/2546587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2546587.In_a_Blue_Room 3 0 false Thu Mar 26 15:06:03 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 15:08:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2546587 015205992X 9780152059927 161 63 In a Blue Room 4.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213026820m/2546587.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2546587.In_a_Blue_Room 5 0 false Mon Feb 16 12:09:31 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 12:12:48 -0800 2009
Walks through a bedtime routine with a young girl. The imagery of the text alone is like a warm comforter being wrapped around you. The illustrations bespeak this poetic flare with a contemporary pizzaz.

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