The Midnight Farm Book

A mother takes her young son around their farm at night in this gentle counting book. (I took it as maybe he was having trouble sleeping? But seeing the familiar farm sites and animals under the moonlight helped him feel better/less afraid.) The rhymes are quite uneven but the story itself is so sweet and such a lovely idea I was forgiving and Jeffers' lovely illustrations really do make this worth checking out. My favorite is the mother snuggling her son on an old stone wall while looking out across the meadow and the starry sky. Beautiful!