A charming picture book captures the tenderness and warmth of bedtime preparations as a young duckling splashes in the bathtub, two kittens cuddle with their papa as he reads them a story, and a daddy bear sings his baby to sleep.

Brilliant, cut-paper artwork and characters bring life to a classic holiday song in which twelve extravagant gifts, from a mischievous partridge in a pear tree to twelve companionable drummers, are given to a man's sweetheart.

A gentle text and bold cut-paper artwork build an evocative mood as they compare and contrast a dramatic thunderstorm outside with a warm and cozy day spent inside.