![]() ![]() Its the tale of Alice who cannot fall asleep unless her room is blue. In fact the text might even be the most wonderful part of the book. Tricia Tusas soothing illustrations work in perfect tandem with Jim Averbecks wonderful, simple text. You want to get some sleep? I'm telling you - this is one sweet, soothing big blue marble glass of warm milk. 'In a Blue Room' is a sweet bedtime-themed story. The last pages show Alice's house on the Earth and the Earth in space, in a celestial "blue room". Her Mama (a very patient, loving mama, by the way) brings her four items to soothe her senses: flowers, tea, a soft quilt, and a windchime, and then, as Alice is finally just barely hanging on to consciousness, she turns off the light and the room is bathed in blue moonlight. In this book, Alice says she can only sleep in a blue room. A young girl named Alice is determined only to fall asleep in a blue room in this lovely bedtime story, but is gradually won over by her mothers gifts, and calm assurance. ![]() ![]() Maybe somebody's pigeonholed Tricia Tusa as a go-to-bed illustrator. Well that was a good night-time book too. oops yes well that's because Tricia Tusa illustrated How to Make a Night. Her Alice reminds me of the little girl in How to Make a Ni. Tricia Tusa is one of those illustrators with a wonderful, gestural style, whose work I always feel like I've seen before. In a Blue Room by Jim Averbeck, illustrated by Tricia Tusa ![]()
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