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Baby Bedtime
Mem Fox
Illustrated by and Emma Quay

Beach Lane
2014 / ISBN 9781481420976
Children / Bedtime / 4 - 8 Years

Reviewed by Bob Walch

 

It is time for this little elephant to go to bed. As his mother takes him upstairs, she tells him all the things she could do, like rock him in her arms and stroke his silky hair but now's not the time for all of that.

"There comes a time for sleeping, and our sleepy time is now," she says. "So fall asleep, my angel…with a kiss upon your brow."

The simple illustrations are done in muted colors (purple and lavender) and were done in crayon or pastel so they are rather hazy. This is an interesting artistic approach which may be relaxing for adults, but I'm not sure about toddlers. Will children want to return to this book over and over again? Frankly, I'm not sure, but it would be interesting to find out what a child would think of this bedtime book.

Reviewed 2014
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