WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe– Sailed off on a river of crystal light Into a sea of dew . . . So begins Eugene Field’s lovely bedtime poem, which tells of three wee fishermen who sail up to the stars, and a boy who imagines it all before he drifts off to sleep. Field’s timeless text has lulled generations of little listeners into dreamland, and this version, complimented by Giselle Potter’s magical illustrations, is perhaps the most enchanting—and the closest to Fields’ own vision—of all.

1901. Contents: The Holy Cross; The Rose and the Thrush; The Pagan Seal-Wife; Flail, Trask, and Bisland; The Touch in the Heart; Daniel and the Devil; Methuselah; Felice and Petit-Poulain; The River; Franz Abt; Mistress Merciless; The Platonic Bassoon; Hawaiian Folk Tales; Lute Baker and His Wife Em; Joel's Talk with Santa Claus; and The Lonesome Little Shoe. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Presents illustrated versions of the title poem and seven others, including "Fiddle-Dee-Dee" and "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod."