Snuggle up and ease your child off to sleep reading Joseph Coelho's lullaby-like poems. Lyrical, calming and beautifully illustrated, these peaceful poems are a magical way to end the day. Written by award-winning performance poet Joseph Coelho, Goodnight, Starry Night is a collection of fourteen poems that takes readers on a gentle journey into dreamland. Each poem is inspired by a calming work of art, reproduced in the book alongside the heartwarming illustrations of Allison Colpoys. The book takes its title from Van Gogh's Starry, Starry Night , which inspired Coelho's evocative poem River Sky : I gaze upon the starry night It twists into a river-sky my every breath, a swirling light I gaze upon the starry night. This unique volume also features poems inspired by David Hockney's Sleeping Dogs , Vivian Maier's Woman with Baby , and Faith Ringgold's quilted artwork of Cassie Lightfoot flying against a night sky. Joseph Coelho's lyrical poems calm the mind, relax the body and are soothing to the soul, and are guaranteed to inspire the sweetest of dreams.
Goodnight, Starry Night : Bedtime Poems Inspired by Works of Art