GOODNIGHT HANDS reverses negative connotations associated with bedtime--conjuring up a world of fantasy & wonder. Beautifully illustrated by Scott Hague, the story lets a child's imagination take over through the use of his hands after the lights go out. Children are always animating with their hands. Hands create so much that they are, in a way, a child's own creation: creatures of possibility. This poetic story gently whisks the young listener into a world of his own imagination. With the hands leading the way, each real detail from a child's bedroom inspires another dream reality, inviting the child's mind to wander with the fingers into the loosening associations of sleep. By suggesting one route for the child's imagination to follow, the book's readers might encourage further adventures suggested by elements in the child's individual room. The book is a sharing experience between parent & child, as bedtime becomes a comfort to the child between daylight & lights out, between the reading voice & the silent room, bedtime & tomorrow, with all its likely surprises. GOODNIGHT HANDS is a focal point of THE LULLABYE & GOODNIGHT SLEEPKIT (ISBN 1-880444-00-3) which also includes a Parents' Guide to Sleeptime & an audio cassette with fully orchestrated original lullabies. Ordering/Information: 818-591-1428.