Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? Xiran and a maiden with powers

and a maiden with powers of her own

and containing celebrated poems such as the ebullient 'Song of Myself' – described by Jay Parini as the greatest American poem ever written – and the elegiac 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd'

Aldo clings to structure and repetition

is Margery

Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper’s beloved poem heralds the winter solstice

Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? Xiran and a maiden with powers"I don't like the dark," said Little Bear. "What dark?" said Big Bear. "The dark all around us," said Little Bear. In this tender account of a sleepless night in the bear cave, Big Bear sets out with all his patience and understanding to show Little Bear that the dark is nothing to be afraid of. When all the lanterns in the cave aren't enough to quell Little Bear's troubled emotions, Big Bear offersin a final loving gesturenothing less than the bright