Bedtime for Sweet Creatures
Bedtime for Sweet Creatures
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Bedtime for Sweet Creatures

Written by Nikki Grimes & illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
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4 - 8
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32
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Jan 14, 2020
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Nikki Grimes, Coretta Scott King Award winning author, and acclaimed illustrator Elizabeth Zunon’s latest children’s masterpiece creates an imagination-fueled and animal-filled journey to bedtime.”Has the feel of an all-time great bedtime picture book”–The New York TimesIt’s bedtime. But Mommy’s little one is not sleepy.He growls like a bear, he questions like an owl, he tosses his mane like a lion. He hunts for water like a sly wolf, and hides like a snake.Mommy needs to wrangle her sweet creature in bed so that the whole family can sleep. From tigers to squirrels to snakes, the little boy dodges around his bedtime, until he is tired enough to finally sleep. His imaginative animal friends weave their way through the illustrations, eventually joining him in curling up for the night.”The mother’s loving understanding is demonstrated by how she works with her child’s rich imagination, never slipping into admonishment. As such, children will engage with the pajama-clad tot’s antics and be soothed by the book’s positive tone. A fabulous interpretation of an everyday battle.”–Booklist, STARRED review

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781492638322
    Publication Date
    January 14, 2020
    Publisher
    Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
    Illustration Details
    The full color art was created using oil and acrylic paint with cut paper collage.
    Page Count
    32
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    4 - 8 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2016058177
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    990057003

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