SVCC Receives Donation of Kid’s Book — “Sleep, My Baby”

Visiting family receives a copy at the St. Volodymyr Cultural Centre

We would like to thank Borden Osmak and his family for their thoughtful gift of children’s books. The family has arranged for the donation of 50 copies of the Ukrainian edition of the classic lullaby book - “Sleep, My Baby” by Lena Allen-Shore. Published by Simon & Schuster Canada, this little board-book will be gifted to newcomer families from Ukraine via the Food Basket program at St. Volodymyr Cultural Centre, Oakville.

About the Book

As excerpted from the Simon & Schuster Canada website.

Soothe little ones to sleep with this beautiful board book featuring a sweetly illustrated and tender lullaby first composed by Holocaust survivor, Dr. Lena Allen-Shore for her son, Jacques, and then adapted further by them for this children’s book.

Sleep, my baby, my lovely baby
I wish you good night.
The stars are smiling
they say to you
be happy all your life.

Author, teacher, and poet, Dr. Lena Allen-Shore made her mark on the world in innumerable ways, but she made the most endearing and enduring mark on her sons by singing “Sleep, My Baby” to them as they drifted off to bed each night. This extended version of the original, written by both Dr. Shore and her son Jacques, celebrates mothers all over the world and shares the universal messaging of hope, peace, and love as children are gently lulled to sleep knowing they are safe, sound, and protected from harm.