On my way to bed

Sarah Maizes

Book - 2013

Livi imagines herself as a tightrope walker, a zoo dentist, a magician, and more as she tries to avoid going to bed.

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Genres
Picture books
Published
New York : Walker Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Bloomsbury 2013.
Language
English
Main Author
Sarah Maizes (-)
Other Authors
Michael Paraskevas, 1961- (illustrator)
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm
ISBN
9780802723666
9780802723673
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Review by New York Times Review

Lobel, whose illustrations for "On Market Street" won a Caldecott Honor, tells the sweet and funny story of a little girl who is helped to sleep by a flock of sheep. But sheep are woolly thinkers, and one night, they convince themselves that the moon is on the lookout for a "sheep snack." "He's not hungry. He's already full," the resourceful girl assures them. Painted in Lobel's detailed, decorative style, Lena's starry coverlet and fluffy pillows make bedtime look very inviting. THE SNUGGLE SANDWICH By Malachy Doyle Illustrated by Gwen Millward 32 pp. Andersen Press. $16.99. (Picture book; ages 3 to 5) Full of singsong rhymes and scenes of cheerfully chaotic family life, this bedtime book starts in the morning, when a tiny girl in green pajamas sneaks between her dozing parents for a "snuggle sandwich." After her noisy siblings and jovial father leave for school and work, "there's only her and Mama. No more fuss and clutter!" - the perfect time for another snuggle. The endpapers, decorated by Doyle with dancing babies and bears, make the fun last a little longer. GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT By Mem Fox Illustrated by Judy Horacek 32 pp. Orchard Books/Scholastic. $16.99. (Picture book; ages 3 to 5) Skinny Doug, Bonnie and Ben's favorite sitter, knows some great nursery rhymes. After each, the children exclaim: "How does it go? Will you say it again?" and Doug replies: "Some other time. But I'll tell you another I heard from my mother." Fox (author of "Time for Bed") cleverly presents seven old rhymes in a contemporary context that's likely to appeal to boys and girls equally; Horacek's unfussy line drawings are a good match. ON MY WAY TO BED By Sarah Maizes; illustrated by Michael Paraskevas 40 pp. Walker/Bloomsbury. $16.99. (Picture book; ages 3 to 6) "Bed is for tired people," Livi says. "I am not a tired person. I still have energy." Seen in Paraskevas's bright, action-packed illustrations, Livi's high jinks include juggling toys, playing zoo dentist and piloting an imaginary rocket. As the grown-up voice directing her to bed grows more insistent, Livi finally lies down, envisioning herself parched in the desert, offered water from an armyissue canteen. How could dreams live up to this preamble? THE WEE HOURS By Stephanie Watson Illustrated by Mary GrandPré 40 pp. Disney-Hyperion Books. $16.99. (Picture book; ages 3 to 6) For children who wonder what goes on while they're asleep, Watson suggests one possibility: Little elfin creatures arrive, one at a time, on the hour, and wreak mischievous mayhem in children's bedrooms, emptying bureau drawers, pulling down curtains and interfering with dreams. As dawn approaches, older, more responsible Hours arrive to tidy up and tuck the Wee Hours into their own beds. GrandPré, who illustrated the American editions of the "Harry Potter" series, here uses rich purples and velvety reds to evoke a moonlit room full of mysterious shadows. Though there's not a wand in sight, there's plenty of magic in play. ONLINE A slide show of this week's illustrated books at nytimes.com/books.

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Review by School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 1-The queen of stalling tactics in On My Way to the Bath (Walker, 2012) returns to delay another daily ritual with imagination and pizzazz. When Livi's mother calls for bedtime, the little girl is hula-hooping on the arm of a chair with way too much energy to call it a day. The action continues in the same vein as Livi's last outing, as she imagines herself walking tightropes, rocketing through space, and, ultimately, as a purple octopus, attacking her mother on the way to bed. Even when under the covers, Livi stalls again, begging for three long stories and picturing herself parched in the desert, desperately in need of a drink of water. Once the youngster has squirmed and snuggled her way to sleep, however, she is as snug as a bear in a cave and not ready to heed her mother's morning wake-up call. The digitally produced cartoon illustrations are vivid and full of detail. From Livi's spiky pigtails and her smiling stuffed friend Froggolini, to an imaginary goat, Marge, children will enjoy the humor in the pictures as much as the text. Adults will smile at this fun exaggeration of the familiar nighttime battle. Great for one-on-one or group sharing, this book is a solid purchase.-Martha Link Yesowitch, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, NC (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Horn Book Review

In this cute- and funny-enough successor to On My Way to the Bath, Livi again postpones a dreaded nighttime ritual through her creative stalling tactics: she must perform a circus act, do a magic trick, etc. The loud comical art alternates between showing Livi's fantasies and depicting real life, complete with her harangued mom's dialogue-balloon nags. (c) Copyright 2014. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Kirkus Book Review

The exuberant heroine of On My Way to the Bath (2012) returns to tackle that most perilous of childhood rituals: bedtime. Making bedtime avoidance and delay into a high art, Livi calls upon a number of strategies when her mother informs her that it is time for bed. Assuring readers that she isn't even remotely sleepy ("Bed is for tired people," she is quick to point out), she finds creative ways to slow the bedtime process down to a crawl. Suddenly, she's a tightrope walker, a rocket scientist or even an octopus as the situation demands. When, at long last, an understandably frazzled mom gets her offspring under the sheets, Livi sleeps like an angel. So well, in fact, that her response to her mother's gentle wake-up call the next morning is to become a hibernating bear. Honestly funny from start to finish, the madcap digital art isn't afraid to, at times, relinquish the goofy for a truly lovely spread, as with the opening and closing endpapers. Livi achieves precocity without even a hint of saccharine. It's hard to resist her final wail--"I don't want to miss anything!"--which reveals what's really been going on here. Bed-based procrastination is nothing new, but Livi's imaginative play takes the experience to an entirely superior level. (Picture book. 3-7)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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