Everyone's Awake

As anyone who reads kids books out loud knows, not every rhyming picture book has rhymes that really sing. But Colin Meloy, the singer and songwriter of the Decembrists, knows how to compose a singable line, and his new book balances the chaos of a night when no one is sleeping—the dog throwing darts, the dad buying chintz, the cat giving tattoos—with the perfect order of rhythm and rhyme. This book is a hoot. (Ages 0 to 5)