Description: Yeargh!!! Cliffhangers have plagued us since childhood (and maybe before). Hickory dickory dock--we all know about the mouse and the clock, but what happened after the clock struck one? Follow that energetic mouse through the other eleven hours of nonstop fun in an appealing book that begs to be read aloud. Full color.
Brief description: Jim Aylesworth has written many books for young readers, including The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock and Mother Halverson's New Cat. Of The Goodnight Kiss, Booklist has said his "melodic story...with its strings of prepositional phrases and its elusive sense of connectedness will mesmerize kids." Mr. Aylesworth marks his proudest accomplishments as having been a first-grade teacher for nearly twenty-five years. He lives with his family in Hinsdale, Illinois.