Written by Eileen Spinelli, Published by Hyperion, April 2000

PBS Parents Booklist Book

From a Publisher's Weekly Starred Review

"Spinelli and debut artist Iwai inventively turn the tables in this winning bedtime book about a girl whose father works while she sleeps at night. With a narrative as quietly poetic as a snowfall, the story has a powerful cumulative effect. The artwork continues to build the relationship between father and daughter, even during the hours the two are separated: the quilt on the girl's bed extends across the book's gutter to form the checkered floor that her father sweeps while she slumbers. "

"...rocks me in the rocking chair, reads to me and Teddy Bear."

"He's off to work--- I'm off to sleep and off to dream. He's off to sweep."

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