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{{Short description|Children's book}}
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| author         = [[Minfong Ho]]
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| illustrator    = [[Holly Meade]]
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| pub_date       = 1996
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| awards         = 1997 [[Caldecott Medal|Caldecott Honor]] (illustration)
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'''''Hush!: A Thai Lullaby''''' is a 1996 illustrated children's book by [[Minfong Ho]], illustrated by [[Holly Meade]].  It won a 1997 [[Caldecott Medal|Caldecott Honor]] for Meade's illustrations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal |title= Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938–present |author= Association for Library Service to Children  |publisher= American Library Association |accessdate=November 17, 2012}}</ref>
The book, as simple story in which a Thai mother putting her child to sleep asks the animals to hush, "Lizard, lizard,/ don't come peeping... ""White duck, white duck/ don't come beeping.... Can't you see that Baby's sleeping?" until all of the woodland creatures are sound asleep, as is the mother, while her child is still wide awake, became instantly popular as a bedtime story for very young children.<ref name="PuplishersWeekly">{{cite news|title=Hush!: A Thai Lullaby|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-531-09500-3|accessdate=26 September 2016|publisher=Publishers Weekly}}</ref><ref>''Tell Me a Story: Folktales and World Cultures'', Lewiston Sun Journal, July 26, 2011</ref><ref name="HuffingtonPost">{{cite news|title=50 Of The Best Kids' Books Published In The Last 25 Years|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/01/best-kids-books_n_5214288.html|accessdate=26 September 2016|publisher=Huffington Post|date=2 May 2014}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:1996 children's books]]
[[Category:1996 poems]]
[[Category:1996 poetry books]]
[[Category:American picture books]]
[[Category:American poetry books]]
[[Category:Children's poetry books]]
[[Category:Children's books set in Thailand]]
[[Category:Caldecott Honor–winning works]]
[[Category:Children's books about animals]]
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