Unless they’ve time to slip into a dreamy reverie, readers had best steer clear of Goodnight Songs (Sterling, $17.95), a collection of previously unpublished poems by famed children’s author Margaret Wise Brown. The book casts a spell. Each poem has been reimagined in song by Tom Proutt and Emily Gary, whose mellifluous soundscape, included on CD, works as an extended lullaby while intricately pairing instrumentation to lyric: the yawning trombone of “Sleep like a Rabbit,” Celtic rhythms in the sea tale of “Song for Estyn.” Twelve preeminent illustrators gathered to produce the art. Though diverse in media and style—from Carin Berger’s tiny 3-D stage to Eric Puybaret’s acrylic on linen—the pictures create a mood of mystery and whimsy, filled with details sure to enchant adults and children. If any book can capture the hushed comfort of that moment between awake and asleep, this one has done it. Ages 3-6. Amy Dickinson