BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3)—OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
When you go to sleep at night there’s so much activity that goes on beyond your cozy bedroom. People are hard at work, animals are flying and scuttling around the neighborhoods, and in other parts of the world there are children learning and playing. Settle down to rest in the darkness while others awaken to set to motion until the dawn.
Uninspired writing is greatly improved by fantastic illustrations. What could be a charming bedtime read is instead bland and unmemorable with oddly specific detail about babies’ nighttime routines and descriptions of other mundane activities. This book could work if read aloud by a reader who is dedicated to bringing much needed energy to the prose. Young readers, however, will delight in the beautifully rendered illustrations.
Reviewer:
AEB
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