#100 of 1001 · November 8, 2020

What do you do when you can’t fall asleep? Do you toss and turn? Do you stare at the ceiling? Does your mind begin to wander? This liminal moment is the subject of Marc Sutherland’s The Waiting Place. A child’s voice narrates in first-person rhyming verse the feeling of wakefulness while lying in bed at night. Sutherland’s charcoal drawings depict fantastical visitors to the bedroom, all from the child’s perspective (with blankets and a footboard visible at the bottom of each illustration). #thewaitingplace #bed #sleep #night #book #books #childrensbooks #beautifulbook #beautifulbooks #beautifulbookcover #beautifulbookcovers #picturebook #picturebooks #picturebookillustration #picturebookillustrations #picturebookart #childrensbookillustration #childrensliterature #illustration #kidlit #kidsbooks #bookworm #booklover #booklovers #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagrammers #instabook #instabooks