Good Night, Little Bookshop
Part lullaby, part love song, this perfectly pitched bedtime book gives a nod to its classic predecessors as it champions the vibrant independent spirit of local bookshops.
Join the Little Bookshop’s friendly staff as they draw the curtain on another busy day of browsing. Choose a bedtime story, say your good nights and pet the shop’s friendly cat on your way out. Drawing on the best tradition of classic bedtime books, Amy Cherrix’s lilting text brims with sound play, soothing patterns and repetition, while E. B. Goodale’s bright, inclusive artwork offers people-watching at its best, conjuring the bustling, ineffable mood of a homespun hall of treasures. Penned by a bookseller and illustrated with warmth and zeal, this cosy homage to the neighbourhood bookshop ends with a gallery of bookstores around the world, encouraging local engagement and offering a gentle reminder that books are gifts that keep giving, the most comforting treasure of all.
Amy Cherrix is a writer, freelance children’s book editor and children’s book buyer at a fiercely independent bookstore. She is the author of In the Shadow of the Moon, Animal Architects, illustrated by Chris Sasaki, and two acclaimed Scientists in the Field titles, Backyard Bears and Eye of the Storm, among others. Find her on Instagram as @amycherrix and on Twitter as @acherrix.
E. B. Goodale is an author, illustrator and designer whose debut picture book, Windows by Julia Denos, received an Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor. She also illustrated Here and Now by Julia Denos, The House of Grass and Sky by Mary Lyn Ray, and other books, and is the author-illustrator of Under the Lilacs. Once upon a time, E. B. Goodale worked in a bookstore. Find her on Instagram as @ebgoodale and on Twitter as @EBGoodale.