Don't Close Your Eyes

Do your little ones resist going to sleep Lull them to sleep with a fun bedtime challenge in Don't Close Your Eyes!

Children have a lot of fun packed into a day, and they don't always want it to end. Award-winning author Bob Hostetler capitalizes on this by challenging little ones to keep their eyes open, no matter how heavy their eyelids may get. The soft rhymes about animals preparing for sleep will help them settle down until they finally close their eyes and sleep!

The squirrels are fully squirreled away.

The gophers, gophered out.

Young horses stop all horsey play,

And pigs lie tail to snout.

I know you've run and jumped and played.

You've smiled and laughed and cried.

Now that's all over for today,

But still, don't close your eyes.

With silly and adorable characters whose sleepy faces will make you laugh out loud, Don't Close Your Eyes is a unique bedtime book that your child will reach for again and again. Get ready for bed and say your prayers, but whatever you do, don't close your eyes!

About the Author

Bob Hostetler is an award-winning writer, editor, pastor, and speaker from southwestern Ohio. His 50 books have sold millions of copies. He has coauthored 11 books with Josh McDowell, including the bestselling Right from Wrong and the award-winning Don't Check Your Brains at the Door. He has won two Gold Medallion Awards, four Ohio Associated Press awards, and an Amy Foundation award, among others. Bob is also a frequent speaker at churches, conferences, and retreats.

About the Illustrator

Mark Chambers is an author and illustrator of children's picture books and young fiction. He studied illustration at university and since graduating has been represented by the London and New York illustration agency Bright Group International. Mark was shortlisted for the AOI World Illustration Awards in 2017 and The Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2013. In the same year he went on to win the Sheffield Children's Picture Book Award and was also highly commended in the young fiction category.