Night Night, Groot

by Brendan Deneen

Overview

It's been a long day for baby Groot and he's ready to be tucked in for bed. Just as his eyes start to close, Rocket Raccoon bursts in! Groot can't go to sleep yet; there's a whole galaxy that needs to be defended and they must work together to save the day. Full color.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484787656
Publisher:	Disney - RHCB
Publication date:	01/23/2018
Edition description:	Media Tie-in
Pages:	30
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.80(d)
Lexile:	AD360L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Brendan Deneen is the author of the graphic novels FLASH GORDON: THE MERCY WARS, THE ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS and PHOENIX (co-written with Jim Krueger), among others, as well as the novel THE NINTH CIRCLE and the upcoming novels ANT-MAN: BEGINNINGS, UNDERHILL, and THE CHRYSALIS. By day, he runs the film/TV division at Macmillan Publishers, with projects set up at MGM (with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson attached to star), Warner Brothers (with Bradley Cooper attached to star), Legendary Pictures, CBS Television, The Weinstein Company, and many more.




Cale Atkinson wanted to be a whale when he grew up, but chose to be an artist and animator once he realized it was impossible. This is his first book. Visit Cale online at www.cale.ca or on Twitter @2dCale.

Editorial Reviews

★ 2017-02-01
It's time for bed, Baby Groot—but Rocket Raccoon thinks otherwise!Gamora reads a bedtime story to baby Groot in his flowerpot: "Night night, Groot, it's time for bed. / Time to rest your sleepy head. // The day was long and filled with fun. / Think of all the things you've done." Rocket grabs Groot's hand and tells him the Earth is in danger. They run past Captain America and the other Avengers to their spaceship and blast off while the bedtime story continues. In action-filled spreads, they attack bad guys with the help of Red Hulk and She Hulk. More bad guys get kicked and beaten when Thor and Black Panther help out. Doctor Strange, Moon Knight, and the Guardians of the Galaxy team join the fight, and the night is won! "The day is now done and super friends say… / Night night, Groot. / You've had a wonderful day." Deneen's narrative has a consciously genre-appropriate anodyne text, but Rocket's asides in speech bubbles and Groot's "I am Groot"s will elicit more giggles and cheers than sleep—not to mention the energetic sound effects. Peopled with the stars of the Marvel universe, each brightly colored double-page spread of bad-guy bopping has at least one cameo or visual joke. All the superheroes and even the villains are just as supercute as baby Groot. A title comics aficionados will snap up in order to groom the next generation of fandom—even if they don't have a next generation yet. (Picture book. 3-5)

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