Time for Bed (padded board book)

by Mem Fox, Jane Dyer (Illustrator)

Overview

Celebrating 30 years of this essential bedtime book for babies and toddlers, this beautiful book is destined to lull wakeful little ones to sleep. This padded board book edition is perfect for sharing with the littlest sleepyheads.

An essential bedtime book for babies and toddlers. Soft, cozy illustrations of sleepy baby animals and their soothing parents are accompanied by rhyme destined to lull wakeful little ones to sleep.

Darkness is falling everywhere and little ones are getting sleepy, feeling cozy, and being tucked in. Every creature, from mice to sheep, kittens to fish, and especially children will love to snuggle under the covers for this comforting nighttime read!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780547408569
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/23/2010
Pages:	28
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 6.80(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	Up to 2 Years

About the Author

MEM FOX is the author of many acclaimed books, including Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, Possum Magic, Koala Lou, Time for Bed, and, for adults, Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever. She lives in Adelaide, Australia.

Jane Dyer has illustrated many well-loved picture books, including Move Over, Rover!, a Geisel Honor Book written by Karen Beaumont; Oh My Baby, Little One, an ABA Pick of the Lists and Parent's Choice Recommended Book written by Kathi Appelt; and the bestselling classic Time for Bed by Mem Fox. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

"Working beautifully with the soothingly repetitive text, each painting conveys a warm feeling of safety and affection."--School Library Journal

From the Publisher

As night falls, all sorts of animals are putting their babies to bed. Lavish illustrations show dogs, cats, sheep--and even fish, bees, and snakes--crooning soothing rhymes about sleep to their babies. At last a small child is shown tucked snugly into bed. Like a lullaby, this gentle and loving goodnight book will send children off to sleep feeling comforted and serene.

Barnes & Noble Staff

Both parents and children should like this cozy good-night story. Against a blanket of blue sky full of golden stars, mother animals are putting their babies to sleep. Although the rhyme at times limps rather than lilts ("It's time for bed, little mouse, little mouse, / Darkness is falling all over the house"), there's a warmth to this that makes the whole more than the sum of its parts. Of course, one of the important parts is the art--striking watercolors that fill up the two-page spreads, showing a sheep and a lamb, a dog and a puppy, a cow and a calf, and others, the babies all with heavy lids, and the mothers affectionately nestling their young. The last mother-child duo is a mom and her curly-headed tot, who is wished sweet dreams and in the last picture is sound asleep. A pleasant prelude to slumber.

Ilene Cooper