Race You to Bed

by Bob Shea, Bob Shea (Illustrator)

Overview

Ready . . . Set . . . Go to Bed!

Jet to bed to get to bed!

Don't be fooled or be misled!

I'm gonna beat you, beat you to bed!

It's a race to bedtime—but who will get there first?

This zippy read-aloud will make bedtime a fun time for those little ones reluctant to make it to the nightly finish line.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062080929
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/15/2011
Series:	Marley Series
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Bob Shea has written and illustrated over a dozen picture books, including the popular Dinosaur vs. and Ballet Cat series, I’m a Shark, and Oh, Daddy! His characters and animations have appeared on Nick Jr., Disney Junior, and PBS Kids. Bob spends his days writing and drawing. He can be found online at www.bobshea.com.

Editorial Reviews

A hyperactive, saucer-eyed rabbit challenges readers to a race to bed and runs into a gamut of unexpected animals, people and predicaments along the way. Quick, simple rhymes keep bunny bouncing from page to page, zipping past goats, bees and alligators and riding trains, jets and buses. Even a fall off a cliff, a yummy grilled-cheese sandwich and a run-in with a massive whale don't slow him down. Every line in this frenetic picture book ends with "to bed," setting an oddly energetic race pace for a bedtime story. Bright graphic illustrations stimulate eyes with interesting patterns and shapes, all communicating movement brilliantly but doing little to soothe or induce sleep. The digitally enhanced rabbit gives off an unnatural glow on his nonsensical journey through so many non sequiturs. When he finally reaches his bed, rabbit realizes readers were actually already in theirs all along and had won before the book even began-a clever ending that will elicit a smile or two. Next race? To sleep! (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews