A collection of poems, both silly and soothing, that focus on bedtime, such as "Goodnight Kisses," "How to Humiliate the Boogeyman," and "Where Am I When I Dream?"
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2. It's time to hit the hay with Cazet's 24 bedtime rhymes. These selections feature gentle lullabies and silly stories of children and animals and their nighttime antics. The book opens and winds down with soothing, short poems. The middle section rises to a giddy crescendo with funny story poems such as "Can't She Take a Joke!?" and "How to Humiliate the Boogeyman." Children will enjoy the humor, which ranges from the nonsensical to the gross: "I had a dream/of a thunderous cough/that exploded my nose/and blew my ears off." The selections can be read individually, but as a whole, they make an excellent bedtime romp. Most of the verses read aloud well; only a few are strained in rhyme and meter. Cazet's characteristic pencil-and-watercolor illustrations bring to life the characters and scenes; children will want to spend time looking at the details. This collection deserves a place in the plethora of bedtime books, where it will spice up those sleepy poems and give children a fun place to dream.?Angela J. Reynolds, West Slope Community Library, Portland, OR
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
Cazet is still working the night shift he began in Mother Night (1988), and continued in ``I'm Not Sleepy'' (1992) and Dancing (1995). This time it's verse, and most of it zany--a nice change from similar collections, which tend toward the lyrical. There's the child who insists he's ``Not Afraid of the Dark'' but only needs that searchlight by the bed to read--and, coincidentally, to keep scary creatures (and his sister) at bay; the child who gives ``Good-night Kisses'' to everyone and everything in the house--and then begins all over again with hugs; the child who is afraid of the ravenous Murphy bed at his grandparents' house; and the siblings who take turns putting horrible things in each other's beds. There's the wolf who learns to count sheep--in his favorite recipes; the cat who hears the siren song of the night and rouses his mistress by crying, ``Me out''; and Gertrude Holstein, who dreams of being an Olympic pole vaulter and jumping over the moon. Bracketing this wild and crazy stuff are a few serious poems, e.g., the title poem, about the security of the presence of a loving parent. Pencil and watercolor illustrations--sometimes soft, sometimes more pointed and full of comic visual asides--are exactly right for the various moods. (Picture book/poetry. 7-11) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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