themes: bed time books, counting, families
by Suzanne Bloom
40 pages; ages 2-5
Boyds Mills Press, 2016
The soft textures of the illustrations in this reverse counting book feel so cozy - they just want to make you curl up with a cup of cocoa and pull on a fluffy quilt.
First lines: What do you do to get ready for bed?
Do you brush your teeth? Have a story read?
What I like about this book: Suzanne Bloom gives us the inside scoop on things other sleepyheads do before bed. In alliteration...."Ten terribly tired tigers tiptoe to their beds" ... and rhyme. "Nine normally nimble newts rest their sleepy heads."
What fun! I promise you will be yaw-aw-awning by the end of the book.
by Lisa Graff; illus. by Lauren Castillo
40 pages; ages 4-7
Clarion Books, 2016
First lines: When I've munched and crunched my last three carrots (except for one I fed to Jasper), Mom takes my plate. "It's been a good day," she says.
What I like about this book: The kid is NOT ready to go to bed. First, dishes have to be washed. It is not time for sleeping.
Then it's time for a bath. Then pj's.... in a cumulative fashion the kid enumerates the things that must happen before it is time for sleeping.
Beyond the book:
Create some alliterative lines about sleepy-head animals that are ready to go to bed. Maybe cats, or teddy bears, or dogs, or sheep.... or unusual animals that live in your back yard or in the garden. Alliteration is when the words begin with the same sound.
What are the "things that have to happen" before you are ready for sleeping?
Read a goodnight story to your dog or cat, or maybe a grandparent.
Find some goodnight poems to say before bedtime. One favorite is Star light, star bright / First star I see tonight / I wish I may, I wish I might / Have the wish I wish tonight.
Today we're joining PPBF (perfect picture book Friday), where bloggers share great picture books at Susanna Leonard Hill's site. She keeps an ever-growing list of Perfect Picture Books. Review copies from publishers.
Need to send these title to my niece, who doesn't like bedtime. Again, great activity suggestions for both books.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this book will help my daughter get sleepy at bedtime. Guess I'll have to check it out and find out. Thanks for a great review.
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