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Mushroom Lullaby

Front cover of Mushroom Lullaby by Kenneth Kraegel featuring an inviting cozy mushroom home.

In gentle rhyme, this spare and whimsical picture book introduces little readers to all sorts of wonderful mushrooms: ones that grow up high and ones that never stay dry, ones that grow in a park and ones that glow in the dark, and even one made just for them! Who can resist climbing up the soft mushroom stair, curling up in a plush mushroom chair, and preparing to dream sweet mushroom dreams? The lulling narration and warm illustrations of this charmingly quirky book will have drowsy young ones settling into their own comfy beds, ready to drift off to sleep.

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Available in hardcover and board book.


The simple, sweet rhymes anchor the gentle story and make it an ideal bedtime read-aloud, and the vibrant ink-and-watercolor illustrations are immersive and intimate, welcoming readers to step straight into the pages. Children will pore over the cozy details, from bug-sized volleyball nets to miniature lantern-lit paths, and the last glimpses of a moonlit mushroom village may even have grown-ups wishing for a relocation to the snug setting. A magical, mellow mushroom dream.- Booklist, starred review

 

A Junior Library Guild selection.

Sample pages from Mushroom Lullaby in which a sweet mushroom house sits on a hill.
Sample pages from Mushroom Lullaby in which two butterflies, a caterpillar and a ladybug sip lemonade.
Sample pages from Mushroom Lullaby featuring the cozy interior of the mushroom home.

© 2025 Kenneth Kraegel

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