Author | Mem Fox |
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Illustrator | Judy Horacek |
Cover artist | Judy Horacek |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's picture book, nursery rhyme |
Published | 2012 ( Scholastic Australia) |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print ( hardback) |
Pages | 32 (unpaginated) |
ISBN | 9781742832579 |
OCLC | 785957545 |
Good Night, Sleep Tight is a 2012 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Judy Horacek. It is about Skinny Doug, a babysitter, who uses some nursery rhymes to help his charges, Bonnie and Ben, to sleep.
A Booklist review found it "a fun book that will remind parents to pass along the golden oldies". [1]
Good Night, Sleep Tight has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews, [2] Publishers Weekly, [3] School Library Journal, [4] Horn Book Guides, [5] The New York Times, [6] Reading Time, [7] Educating Young Children, [8] Scan, [9] and Children's Book and Media Review. [10]
The engaging, economical framing text is memorable and sweetly appealing, sure to encourage little listeners to participate. ... Horacek's simple, solid lines and primary colors are friendly, cheery and almost exuberantly inviting.
This is one of those sneaky stories that starts out slight and unsurprising but is over far too soon. ... The pictures' visual directness and goofy playfulness capture the spirit of the timeless rhymes and the enviable relationship between the lanky storyteller and his adoring audience.
In the cleverest of ways, Fox has embedded a handful of childhood nonsense verses that beg to be read and said aloud into a fun story about the bedtime ritual. The cartoon illustrations are just lighthearted enough to complement the silliness of the verses.
It's a clever way to introduce six old favorite rhymes -- and to model how to have a satisfying romp with small charges and then settle them down. Horacek's illustrations are just right -- as breezy and bouncy as the text and alive with bright, simply applied color. This could be a bedtime favorite, with kids chanting right along.
Despite this somewhat jarring ending, the imaginative portrayal of the characters throughout the tale makes this an engaging bedtime story
Author | Mem Fox |
---|---|
Illustrator | Judy Horacek |
Cover artist | Judy Horacek |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's picture book, nursery rhyme |
Published | 2012 ( Scholastic Australia) |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print ( hardback) |
Pages | 32 (unpaginated) |
ISBN | 9781742832579 |
OCLC | 785957545 |
Good Night, Sleep Tight is a 2012 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Judy Horacek. It is about Skinny Doug, a babysitter, who uses some nursery rhymes to help his charges, Bonnie and Ben, to sleep.
A Booklist review found it "a fun book that will remind parents to pass along the golden oldies". [1]
Good Night, Sleep Tight has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews, [2] Publishers Weekly, [3] School Library Journal, [4] Horn Book Guides, [5] The New York Times, [6] Reading Time, [7] Educating Young Children, [8] Scan, [9] and Children's Book and Media Review. [10]
The engaging, economical framing text is memorable and sweetly appealing, sure to encourage little listeners to participate. ... Horacek's simple, solid lines and primary colors are friendly, cheery and almost exuberantly inviting.
This is one of those sneaky stories that starts out slight and unsurprising but is over far too soon. ... The pictures' visual directness and goofy playfulness capture the spirit of the timeless rhymes and the enviable relationship between the lanky storyteller and his adoring audience.
In the cleverest of ways, Fox has embedded a handful of childhood nonsense verses that beg to be read and said aloud into a fun story about the bedtime ritual. The cartoon illustrations are just lighthearted enough to complement the silliness of the verses.
It's a clever way to introduce six old favorite rhymes -- and to model how to have a satisfying romp with small charges and then settle them down. Horacek's illustrations are just right -- as breezy and bouncy as the text and alive with bright, simply applied color. This could be a bedtime favorite, with kids chanting right along.
Despite this somewhat jarring ending, the imaginative portrayal of the characters throughout the tale makes this an engaging bedtime story