Goodnight Everyone

From the multi award-winning picture book maker of A Bit Lost, Oh No, George! and Shh! We Have a Plan, comes the ultimate bedtime book.

“A richly coloured, hypnotic ode to sleep; this perfect starlit bedtime book will have parents yawning dangerously alongside their offspring” Guardian

In this stunningly illustrated bedtime book, perfect for the end of the day, a series of exquisitely coloured cut pages of increasing size introduce woodland families – bears, deer, rabbits and teeny, tiny mice – who are all beginning to feel really … rather … tired … YAWN! “Dear me,” says Great Big Bear, “it must be time for bed!” But Little Bear is certainly not sleepy – he’s wide awake! (For now…) With sublime, starry night time scenes and an infectious yawny “Good night” refrain, Chris Haughton creates a lulling bedtime read, perfect for parents and children to share together.

Review

An infectious bedtime story, sure to prompt yawns in readers and their preschool listeners as well.
–Kirkus Reviews

Great Big Bear and Little Bear convey a sense of furry realness–especially when Little Bear gets -a great big goodnight kiss- from Great Big Bear, a massive, comforting presence. Children listening to Haughton’s story might not fall asleep, but they’ll have to admit that it’s getting to be about that time.
–Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The result builds on classic traditions (are the echoes of Goodnight Moon deliberate or just inevitable for the genre?) while offering the pleasure of originality. That’s what you look for in an bedtime ritual, and this is a ready-made one that families will relish adding to their oeuvre; both readers-aloud and listeners will find it hard to keep their eyes open long enough to finish the book.
–Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
An infectious bedtime story, sure to prompt yawns in readers and their preschool listeners as well.
–Kirkus Reviews
Preschoolers will get sleepy–very, very sleepy–as they make their way through the darkening, night-falling pages of Goodnight Everyone by Irish designer and illustrator Chris Haughton…If Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon doesn’t do the trick, Goodnight Everyone will surely send the most stubbornly awake off to slumberland.
–Shelf Awareness for Readers
While the narrative is slight, Haughton’s beautiful scenes artfully carry the story…Cozy, comforting, and perfect for bedtime.
–Booklist
Against these stunning backdrops his black-and-blue animals, at once satisfyingly bulky and marvelously expressive, tell a story as old as night. The conclusion is never in doubt, but the journey is full of magic.
–Chicago Tribune

About the Author

Chris Haughton is an Irish designer and illustrator. His debut picture book, A Bit Lost, is published into 21 different languages worldwide and has won 13 awards in nine countries, including the Dutch Picture Book of the Year and CBI Book of the Year. His second title, Oh No, George! won the Junior Design Award and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award. His third picture book, Shh! We Have a Plan, won the Specsavers Irish Children’s Book of the Year Junior Award 2014 as well as the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award in the US. His first app, Hat Monkey, was released in 2014. Chris was also listed in TIME magazine’s DESIGN 100 for his work with the fair trade company People Tree and he co-founded NODE, a fair trade social business, in 2012. He lives in East London. Find Chris online at www.chrishaughton.com and on Twitter as @chrishaughton.