Eve Merriam's beloved poetry tenderly holds our hearts in this timeless collection of bedtime poetry. Gorgeous illustrations and dreamy stanzas lull even the liveliest little one off to sleep. 'You be the tree, I'll be the pears, carry me, carry me, up the stairs.' Starry Blankets: Poems for Bedtime is p erfect for lap reading or snuggling under the covers,  includes more than twenty of Merriam's most known and most loved poems. Selected from across her long career, this collection is a great introduction to this icon in children's poetry. Nice and Tight: You be saucer, / I'll be cup, / piggyback, piggyback, / pick me up / You be tree, / I'll be pears, / carry me, carry me / up the stairs. / You be Good, / I'll be Night, / tuck me in, tuck me in / nice and tight.