Linda Ashman
Children's Book Author

"In this captivating collaboration, a capable-looking lass takes charge when it's time to clean up the day's household wrack, then slips ouside to finish the job by roping in the Sun, replacing the sky's blue with gold-splattered black, and calling in the night chorus of owls and crickets. Ashman uses rhyme and rhythm masterfully." Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews

"After a particularly raucous day that leaves Papa's hair 'haywire' and Mama's face 'pale,' one girl rises above the rabble of her uncountable siblings and proceeds, in a manner resembling the work of a domestic fairy, to make the night. [A] delightfully weird fantasy." Starred Review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"A recipe for putting our busy lives to sleep at night would be worth a million and so is this book." Children's Literature

"This creative, beautifully executed bounce of a bedtime tale is fun to read any hour of the day. . . As charming as it is original." School Library Journal

"In this fanciful picture book, Ashman's portrait of a frazzled family begins with pandemonium and ends with bedtime hugs. Initially, a gaggle of children and pets dangle from the ceiling and doorways while their overwhelmed parents, with catatonic faces, sit on the sofa. Tusa matches the brisk, clipped descripton in the text with energetic illustrations of a house in chaos. By book's end, the narrative grows poetic, emulating the winding down of the day. A good bedtime choice for especially lively readers." Publishers Weekly

"For everyone who has had a bad day comes this innovative story about ending it by bringing on the night. Ashman's rhyme begins with a litany of things that go wrong. Illustrating the havoc are Tusa's marvelously cluttered pictures. One young girl decides to take action. With pail and broom, she steps out of her window into the sky and recites instructions for pulling down the sun, peeling the blue from the sky, splattering gold on the black, and making a moon out of rock." Booklist