Sarah Mackenzie (readaloudrevival.com) is an enthusiastic reader of picture books and host of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast. She lives in Eastern Washington with her husband and six kids, where they homeschool, read aloud, and dance in moonlit gardens whenever possible.

Gabrielle Grimard (gabriellegrimard.com) draws worlds in which she'd like to live. Focusing on light and color, she primarily uses watercolor, gouache, and oil paints. She lives with her family in Quebec, Canada.

"For some people, night is a scary time when the world is dark and unfamiliar. However, While Everyone is Sleeping shows readers that night can also be a magical time, full of mysteries and joy only available to those willing to risk the unknown to follow their curiosity and desires. While everyone else sleeps tight, one little shrew is woken by the moonlight and beckoned into the nighttime garden. It's a little bit frightening, but the moonlight's call is just too strong to resist. Has she been followed? Is everyone really sleeping? And what is that glorious smell? Soon, the little shrew finds herself in a magical moonflower garden, dancing joyously with the other nighttime creatures-moths, fireflies, frogs, and centipedes, all tapping, buzzing, humming, and twirling to the same nocturnal dance. Only when the sun begins to peek out from behind the moon does the tiny shrew creeps back to her bed, looking forward to her next moonlit adventure. The beautiful adventure is told in lilting rhyme, mimicking the dance that the nighttime creatures enjoy and inviting readers to join in their fun. The creatures are realistically rendered in beautiful watercolor illustrations that present flowers, insects, and forests as magical and fairy-like. While Everyone is Sleeping is a beautiful, enchanting story sure to inspire readers with curiosity, a love of nature, and a sense of joy." -The Children's Book Review

"A little shrew creeps out of bed and into the night where 'Moonlight glows and beckons me, luring me to come and see secrets of the wild and free ... while everyone is sleeping.' She soon discovers, though, that not everyone is sleeping: The night is alive with fluttering moths, humming crickets, and blinking fireflies. The star of the night show is the fragrant and luminous moonflower band, to which the other nocturnal creatures join in with frolicking and singing. Mackenzie's lyrical lines come alive with Gabrielle Grimard's muted pencil and watercolor illustrations that capture the beauty of woodland nightlife." -WORLD Magazine

Publisher: Waxwing Books

Pub date: 2023-10-03

Length: 40 pages