I am so in love with this little book of poetry and will be purchasing a hard copy of it as soon as it is released. This is all about sleeping animals and incorporates cute little facts about the sleep habits of birds, mammals, and fish, and does so in rhyme that is simple and elegant at the same time. The illustrations are stunning and really make this book something special. Not only is this entertaining, but it's also educational, and it would make the perfect nighttime read for young and old alike. *Advance copy provided by the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

What a delightful book!

When I first downloaded a copy, I assumed (which I never should) that it would be a basic story, a simple read to my kids before bed. What I hadn't expected for there to be are facts, an educational masterpiece to help bring little curious minds alive.

The poetry has been written beautifully and I can't wait to purchase the book as a hard copy for my kids. I know for a fact they'll love learning about animals and being able to see the illustrations.

I think this is better suited for older children (especially talking about how sloths could mate and *die* while hanging on a tree...that's traumatizing). But the illustrations are great and it was nice to have the brief scientific discussion accompanying each poem.

This was definitely cute to read to a child at bedtime. Honestly at 22 years old I found it soothing to read late at night. The illustrations would definitely keep a child’s attention and I loved the poetry aspect and the little bits of information about animals. This was not as nonfiction based but I did enjoy the fun sections about each animal a poem was about.

What a lovely and interesting book! Learning about the sleeping habits of various creatures was really fun and engaging, and the illustrations compliment the text so well and are just gorgeous! Seventeen creatures of different types are covered, each with a poem, an illustration, and a paragraph about their sleeping habits. While the poems are nothing special, the illustrations and information make this book a great choice for any child's book collection.

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This little poetry collection has a bit of everything: whimsical illustrations, gently rhyming verse, and informative text about the different types of sleep in the animal kingdom. It's just right for bedtime reading with preschoolers through 3rd graders, and would make a good addition to a library's juvenile poetry collection. My only quibble is that the poems tend to restate facts from the prose paragraph fairly straightforwardly, where I was expecting more descriptive, figurative language. Standouts among the poems include the one about the sperm whales and the songbird poem which gives the book its (lovely) title.

*I received a free ARC of this novel, with thanks to the author, Perseus Books – Running Press and NetGalley. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*

This book is utterly gorgeous!

Full of exquisite illustrations of various sleeping animals, along with small segments of interesting factual prose about said animals’ sleeping habits, and lovely well-written verses about the same.

I was going to share this with Minishine and Babybows, as it is right up their street, but it was so very beautiful when I had a sneaky preview that I decided to keep the Kindle version to myself and treat them to a hardback copy for their bedroom stories instead!

I can’t think of a better book to gift anyone with children as it features family favourite topics: animals for the children, and sleep for the parents! It is both educational and entertaining, and I wholeheartedly recommend everyone to buy a copy (or lots of copies and gift them).





Oh mighty mothers of the sea
Why do you slumber vertically?
Your sleep is very short it seems
But do you have gigantic dreams?

– Kate Hosford, From ‘The Mysterious Sleep of Mother Whales’ in A Songbird Dreams of Singing

Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2019/12/15/a-songbird-dreams-of-singing-kate-hosford/

This was definitely cute to read to a child at bedtime. Honestly at 22 years old I found it soothing to read late at night. The illustrations would definitely keep a child’s attention and I loved the poetry aspect and the little bits of information about animals. This was not as nonfiction based but I did enjoy the fun sections about each animal a poem was about.

*I received a free ARC of this novel, with thanks to the author, Perseus Books – Running Press and NetGalley. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*

This book is utterly gorgeous!

Full of exquisite illustrations of various sleeping animals, along with small segments of interesting factual prose about said animals’ sleeping habits, and lovely well-written verses about the same.

I was going to share this with Minishine and Babybows, as it is right up their street, but it was so very beautiful when I had a sneaky preview that I decided to keep the Kindle version to myself and treat them to a hardback copy for their bedroom stories instead!

I can’t think of a better book to gift anyone with children as it features family favourite topics: animals for the children, and sleep for the parents! It is both educational and entertaining, and I wholeheartedly recommend everyone to buy a copy (or lots of copies and gift them).





Oh mighty mothers of the sea
Why do you slumber vertically?
Your sleep is very short it seems
But do you have gigantic dreams?

– Kate Hosford, From ‘The Mysterious Sleep of Mother Whales’ in A Songbird Dreams of Singing

Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2019/12/15/a-songbird-dreams-of-singing-kate-hosford/