A previously unpublished collection of lyrics for twelve lullabies, illustrated by contemporary, award-winning artists Jonathan Bean, Carin Berger, Sophie Blackall, Linda Bleck, Renata Liwska, Christopher Silas Neal, Zachariah Ohora, Eric Puybaret, Sean Qualls, Isabel Roxas, Melissa Sweet, and Dan Yaccarino.

Accompanying CD comprises all twelve songs composed and sung by singer/songwriters Tom Proutt and Emily Gary.

The noon balloon --Mambian melody -- Goat on the mountain -- Sleep like a rabbit -- When the Man in the Moon was a little boy -- Song to Estyn -- The secret song -- Wooden town -- Little donkey close your eyes -- When I close my eyes at night -- Sounds in the night -- The mouse's prayer.