In this endearing story, Jim Averbeck—regional advisor for the San Francisco Bay Area Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators—captures the sweetness of a boisterous child settling down for a night of sleep. A lyrical bedtime gem with a colorful twist, In a Blue Room highlights the simple wonders of a trusting child, a loving mother, and a starry sky. Her room still awash with toys, pajama-clad Alice leaps for her bed like a tiny paratrooper. Although it's past her bedtime, the little girl is wide awake and claims she can only sleep in a blue room.