Go to Bed, Ted!: Even a Future President Must Sleep

by Shirin Yim Bridges, Luciano Lozano (Illustrator)

Overview

Even the future president of the United States has to wash up, put his toys away, settle down, and go to bed

Go to bed, Ted! It’s time for little Theodore Roosevelt, the future president, to take a bath, quit playing, and put away his toys. Time to stop rough-riding the bed, keep his nightclothes on, and dream big. It’s tough going to bed every night—for presidents and kids alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781951836245
Publisher:	Abrams Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	09/28/2021
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.50(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Shirin YimBridges is the award-winning author of Ruby’s Wish, winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award. In addition, she founded and is the former publisher of Goosebottom Books, which published the series The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Dastardly Dames and The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Real Princesses. This is her first book for Cameron Kids. She lives in Foster City and Fort Bragg, California.

Editorial Reviews

2021-08-18
“Time to go to bed, Ted! / Head to the tub. / Come down from that tree now / and get a good scrub.”

In this rhyming good-night book, future president Theodore Roosevelt is only a boy—and he simply won’t go to sleep. Young listeners will recognize themselves at bedtime as the energetic, retro-styled illustrations and playful rhymes trace Ted’s progress toward bed (or lack thereof). In her entreaties, his mother gently admonishes her active son by calling attention to the very attributes he will someday be known for, including his love of nature and the great outdoors, scouting, sailing, safaris, bears—and snoring. Maybe one day he’ll even find a way to help take care of the mountains he loves. (An innovative note in the backmatter draws the connections and explains the historical references.) Youngsters will be interested to see how much they may have in common with the future president as they giggle over his antics and then settle down for the night, perhaps dreaming of someday becoming president themselves. Though the meter is occasionally a bit forced, overall, this is an effective and entertaining introduction to biographies in general and Teddy Roosevelt in particular, as well as a very pleasant invitation to sleep. Ted and his mom, the only characters, present White.

A lighthearted biographical good-night tale for the very young. (Picture book/biography. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews