|a A beloved and very sleepy little boy resists his mother's efforts to put him to bed. |a 1 volume (unpaged) : |b color illustrations |c 23 x 29 cm. |a Naperville, Illinois : |b Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, |c 2020. |a Bedtime for sweet creatures / |c words by Nikki Grimes pictures by Elizabeth Zunon. |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d OCLCQ |d XYZ |d IUO |d IUK |d LEO1 |d ra |d EL Orange/Case Juvenile Picture Book Fiction North Stonington/Wheeler Children's Picture Books North Branford/Smith Children's Picture Books Madison/Scranton Children's Picture Books Hamden/Whitneyville Children's Picture Books A fabulous interpretation of an everyday battle.Hamden/Brundage Community Children's Picture Books As such, children will engage with the pajama-clad tot's antics and be soothed by the book's positive tone. "The mother's loving understanding is demonstrated by how she works with her child's rich imagination, never slipping into admonishment. A fabulous interpretation of an everyday battle."-Booklist, STARRED review Bedtime for Sweet Creatures is an African American children's book that celebrates imagination, playful moments, and the love between a Black mother and child. His imaginative animal friends weave their way through the illustrations, eventually joining him in curling up for the night.įor those seeking children's books about diversity, this loving depiction of everyday shenanigans is sure to become a bedtime favorite. From tigers to squirrels to snakes, the little boy dodges around his bedtime, until he is tired enough to finally sleep.
Mommy needs to wrangle her sweet creature in bed so that the whole family can sleep. He hunts for water like a sly wolf, and hides like a snake. He growls like a bear, he questions like an owl, he tosses his mane like a lion. "Has the feel of an all-time great bedtime picture book" - The New York Times 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.
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