Children's Fiction Bedtime & Dreams
The Prince Won't Go to Bed!
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2007
- Category
- Bedtime & Dreams
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780374361082
- Publish Date
- Oct 2007
- List Price
- $18.5
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
"WAA! WAA! WAA! I will not go to bed!"
the teeny-tiny, itty-bitty, little Prince said.
Nanny is at her wits' end. Why won't the Prince go to bed? Squire Frat, Lord Gerty, and others in the royal household try to help. Could he want a fluffy pillow? A softer mattress? A gentle lullaby? As the Prince's cries get louder and louder, the castle turns topsy-turvy--until Princess Kate, woken by the ruckus, thinks to ask her brother why he won't settle down--discovering that a simple good-night kiss is all he wants.
Ingenious collage illustrations rich with funny antics bring this medieval world to life, while the rollicking rhyme will have listeners chiming in with glee.
About the authors
Kyrsten Brooker’s distinct, inventive illustrations have appeared in popular and award-winning picture books, such as When We Go Walking by Cari Best, Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia C. McKissack, and Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter, which J. Patrick Lewis praised in a New York Times review saying, “Kyrsten Brooker uses collages so adroitly and with such brio that you feel like reaching in and putting an arm around each of these elegantly drawn characters.” She lives with her family in Alberta, Canada.
Editorial Reviews
Hilarious...Although the book is raucous enough to let kids shed their energy, it comes to a satisfying, quiet conclusion, eminently suitable for bedtime.
Dodds's rhymes are bouncy and fun to read aloud; her page turns are propulsive; and the cumulative structure...builds satisfyingly.
Told with bright and playful language and a hearty helping of rhyme, the text is perfect for reading aloud....A great package for children who soak up rhyme and fun wherever they can.
[A] classic going-to-bed book.
