"You be the tree, I'll be the pears, carry me, carry me, up the stairs." 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. Perfect for lap reading or snuggling under the covers, Starry Blankets: Poems for Bedtime 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.