Starry Blankets

A collection of bedtime poems by award-winning and much beloved children's poet, the late Eve Merriam.

Perfect for lap reading and for reading all snuggled up, Starry Blankets: Poems for Bedtime includes over 20 of Merriam's most known and most loved poems. Selected from across her long career, this collection is a great introduction to this icon in children's poetry.

Nice and Tight

You be saucer,

I'll be cup,

piggyback, piggyback,

pick me up



You be tree,

I'll be pears,

carry me, carry me

up the stairs.



You be Good,

I'll be Night,

tuck me in, tuck me in

nice and tight.