The Prince's Bedtime

by Joanne Oppenheim, Miriam Latimer (Illustrator), Hugh Bonneville (Narrated by)

Overview

Meet a young prince who refuses to go to sleep!

The entire kingdom comes out to lend a hand in this rhyming bedtime adventure. There is a hullabaloo of activity—jugglers juggling, magicians hypnotizing, dancers dancing—but it is the wonder of a good story that finally does the trick.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782854197
Publisher:	Barefoot Books
Publication date:	04/01/2019
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	867,889
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.75(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Joanne Oppenheim is the award-winning author of more than fifty books. A former primary school teacher, she is currently the president of Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, Inc., an organization that reviews children's products.

Miriam Latimer studied illustration at the University of the West of England. She now works as a full-time illustrator and combines this with workshops for primary school children. Miriam lives with her husband and their two sons in Devon, England.

Hugh Bonneville is a well-loved actor who has starred in many films and TV series such as Notting Hill, Iris and Doctor Who. He was nominated for a BAFTA for his role as the Earl of Grantham in the award-winning Downton Abbey. Hugh lives with his wife Lulu and son Felix in West Sussex, UK.

Editorial Reviews

This spirited tale may not lull little ones to sleep, but it will surely put a smile on their faces” — Publishers Weekly

“My favourite aspect about most of Barefoot Books is their illustrations. I love the rich colours and worldly feel. The Prince’s Bedtime uses these rich, page-filling illustrations” — Everything Mom

From the Publisher

Oppenheim's (The Miracle of the First Poinsettia) alliterative rolling, rhyming verse, centers on a young prince in a faraway kingdom who refuses to go to sleep at bedtime. The king loudly issues a royal request: "If anyone knows how/ to make the prince rest,/ please come at once/ to the royal address!" A physician responds to his plea, bringing medicine he promises will "cure the condition." Though the prince refuses to taste the elixir, the queen and her courtiers, setting an example by tasting a sample, immediately fall asleep. Latimer's (Wheelie Girl) quirky, energetic acrylic and collage art playfully tweaks perspective and scale as dancers determined to perform until the prince nods off, tire themselves out instead, and a magician who promises to cast "hypnotic spells" riles up the lad rather than launching him into dreamland. At last a wise old woman arrives with bedtime stories to read to the restless child. But he's puzzled: " `But where are the pictures?,' he asked in surprise./ `You'll see them,' she said, `if you just close your eyes.' " And that does the trick. This spirited story may not lull little ones to sleep, but it will surely put smiles on their faces. Ages 4-8. (Aug.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

PreS-Gr 1-The little Prince refuses to go to bed despite the many sleep-inducing suggestions offered by well-meaning acquaintances. After trying tricks ranging from hypnotism to medicine, a grandmotherly looking woman arrives with a century-old solution that will delight readers-try a book. Average-quality rhymed couplets are easily read aloud (except perhaps for the tongue-twisting page that rhymes "present," "pheasant," "peasant," and "unpleasant"). Cartoonlike illustrations in colorful acrylics and collage move the action along. Stylized sheep decorate the endpapers as well as the wallpaper in the boy's bedroom. Pair this with similarly themed titles such as Carole Lexa Schaefer's Down in the Woods at Sleepytime (Candlewick, 2000) to create a bedtime ritual.-Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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