Jacques M. Shoreâs new picture book,
Sleep, My Baby, to come out just weeks after his daughter
Emily gave birth to her first child.
This book is based upon the lullaby by the same name, which Shoreâs late mother,
Dr. Lena Allen-Shore, composed for him when he was born. Growing up in Montreal, his childhood was a very happy one. âI knew that my parents loved me very much,â he says. âMy parents were both Holocaust survivors doing their best to make a life in Canada. My father was a businessman, and my mother focused on her career as a poet, songwriter, novelist, and journalist. Their days were hectic, but as dinner and bedtime approached, the mood at home would change. There was a calm, a serenity, and an exchange of love that could only have been experienced in a home environment where peace and tranquility existed. It was those hours I cherished most.