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Perfect for the Budding Reader but a Great Picture Book Too
Poor Bear just wants to sleep but nature isn't cooperating. All of the little creatures of the forest aren't ready to let him rest.
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Bears    2. Bears    3. Bedtime & Dreams    4. Children's All Ages - Fiction - General    5. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    6. Children: Preschool    7. Fiction    8. Humorous Stories    9. Insects    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. Preschool Picture Story Books    12. Sleep    13. Social Issues - Friendship    14. Social Situations - Friendship    15. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Bears   

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Nora loves it...!
Nora won't let me read the Elmo book though.She literally won't put it down.She is holding it in one hand right now while she plays with her F. P. farm with the other.Great choice!

Elmo says, Don't wake the Baby!
A cute look at Elmo doing everything possible to keep a monster left in his care from waking up. Very typically Elmo--my kids love it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Babies    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children: Preschool    4. City and town life    5. Family - New Baby    6. Fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Sleep    9. Toys, Dolls, & Puppets    10. Juvenile Fiction / General   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Dreams    4. Fiction    5. General    6. Sleep   

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Bed Time Book
This book is a great book to read kids before bed time.It's about a girl named Susan as she sleeps in her bed at night.It describes a lot of the things that are going on at the same time in the world like animals in the woods, Johnny playing his saxophone, and a boat on its way to dock.It has the rhythm of a lullabye and is a great nighttime book.I have nothing to add to this book because it's perfect the way it is.So I'm giving it 5-STARS and I recommend you read it, too!

A Favorite for Sleepy Time
This book has become very special in our family and is our favorite bedtime book. The author takes a child through the nighttime with animals and people in the garden, the city, on the ocean, in her own home. Easy to read or to read to, easy to memorize, and such calming and gentle versethat you'll find yourself repeating it to yourself at day's end: "Upabove the earth so far,Hang half a moon and one whole star,Hang onewhole star and half a moon:Nighttime will be coming soon. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bedtime & Dreams    2. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Ethnic - African American    5. Fiction    6. Night    7. People & Places - United States - African-American    8. Sleep    9. Stories in rhyme    10. Juvenile Fiction / Ethnic / African American   

Subjects:  1. Children: Preschool    2. Fantastic fiction    3. Fantasy    4. Fiction    5. Sleep   

Subjects:  1. Bedtime & Dreams    2. Children's Baby - Fiction - General    3. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    4. Children: Preschool    5. Dragons    6. Dreams    7. Fiction    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Movie Tie - In    10. Preschool Picture Story Books    11. Sleep    12. Juvenile Fiction / Movie or Television Tie-In   

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My son's favorite bedtime book!
As other reviewers have mentioned, this book has beautifully, dreamily painted illustrations.It's written in verse, describing how "momma sheep" get their 10 little sheep to fall asleep.Each turn of a page brings a new stanza, counting down the little sheep as they doze off.The rhyme scheme is rich, perfectly executed and extremely soothing.My son is 19 months old and he usually pulls this book off the shelf to read when bedtime nears.In fact, he pulls it out during the day too. He received it as a gift, and we'll be ordering it for friends as they have children.

Counting sheep
This precious story uses soft pictures and rhyming words to lure its reader into a peaceful sleep.I particularly enjoyed how the author creatively used the warm, muted, and gentle, illustrations to accompany her text.Each page is an adventure for the reader to locate the key distractions that are keeping the lambs awake.For example, the reader can look for the blossoms and the ducklings that have been imbedded into the illustrations.Because of this, I feel the author and illustrator did a wonderful job making the pictures an integral part of the text.The author allows the reader to be introduced to new vocabulary terms, which will have immediate connections to the illustrations, thus creating a great deal of learning.

Ten Sleep Sheep
While it's not "Good Night Moon", this is a lovely count-down to bedtime book. The numeral/number approach to the countdown reinforces counting skills while the phrasing provides a lovely reading rhythm. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Farm Animals    2. Bedtime    3. Bedtime & Dreams    4. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    5. Children: Kindergarten    6. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    7. Fiction    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Sheep    10. Sleep    11. Stories in rhyme    12. Juvenile Fiction / Bedtime & Dreams   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Fiction    4. Juvenile Easy Readers    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Sheep    8. Sleep    9. Stories in rhyme    10. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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Best Michelle book
This was a really, really, really goodbook.It was great because my favorite sport is soccer just like Michelle.It was the best Michelle book I have ready - and I have read 7 of them.I am in the first grade.

Funny!
This starts with a real life situation that faced my daughter... Michelle is the best player on her soccer team.As a result she is picked for the All-Star team.At her first All-Star practice, she realizes that she is the worst player on the All-Star team!Michelle decides to change that by working on her soccer skills after school... but when will she do her homework?... in the middle of the night while everyone else is asleep!Funny and a good story.However it gets a little awkward because the all the characters from the Full-House series appear in the book even if there is no reason for them to be there.It got a little confusing for my daughter because she does not know the characters from the Full-House series and they kept popping up through out the book.

No Sleeping Allowed
Hooray! Michelle just got picked to be on the all-star soccer team. That means practice, practice and mroe practice. It takes a ton of work to be a soccer star. But Michelle's dad says she has to quit the team if her grades start to slip. And she doesn't have time to practice her soccer and do herhomework. Then Michelle gets a super idea. If she skips sleeping, she'llhave plenty of time for soccer and schoolwork. It's a perfect plan, wellalmost... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Fiction    4. School & Education    5. Sleep    6. Soccer    7. Social Issues - General    8. Social Situations - General    9. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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Sooooo cute!
This is a very cute little book~ my daughter loved from 6 months on~ there is also a companion book "Little Kangaroo~I love you" that is adorable, too! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Animals - Farm Animals    3. Bedtime    4. Bedtime & Dreams    5. Children's Baby - Boardbooks    6. Children: Grades 1-2    7. Concepts - General    8. Fiction    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Sleep    11. Stories in rhyme    12. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / General   

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A wonderful book for bedtime
This charming book, with beautiful illustrations and lyrical text, takes you through a series of animals and where they sleep, ending with "Lucky you!You lay your head on a pillow soft...with someone wholoves you to kiss you good night."It is sure to lull your child intosleepiness ready for bed, and you won't get tired of reading it either. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Animals - General    3. Bedtime & Dreams    4. Bedtime Stories    5. Children's Baby - Picturebooks    6. Children: Babies & Toddlers    7. Fiction    8. General    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Sleep    11. Stories in rhyme    12. Early learning / early learning concepts    13. English literature: poetry texts & anthologies    14. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General    15. Picture books   

Subjects:  1. Bedtime    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. Fiction    4. Sleep   

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spying time
i read this book in a day or 2 and it was the best book ever!!u shopuld read it. it was so good. if u like the moves of the otehr books u should read this one.

The Spy Kids are back!
This book is really cool. In the book, Carmen and Juni haven't gone on a mission for months so they decide to go on a vacation to their Nana who lives in Spain. When they get there they are called on a mission right away. Their mission is to stop an evil architect who plans to put Spain into a deep sleep.

The Spy Kids are back!
This book is really cool.In the book, Carmen and Juni haven't gone on a mission for months, so they decide to go on a vacation to their Nana who lives in Spain. When they get there, they are called on a mission right away. Their mission is to stop an evil architect who plans to put Spain into a deep sleep. For all of the fans of Spy kids, enjoy! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Brothers and sisters    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Family - Siblings    6. Fiction    7. General    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Movie Tie - In    10. Sleep    11. Spies    12. Juvenile Fiction / Movie or Television Tie-In   

Editorial Review

Baby's energy knows no bounds--and poor Mommy is "Tired and frumpy /Grouchy chumpy / Oh, what a grump!" After a day of cleaning up Baby's concoctionof squishy applesauce-ketchup gravy and reading story after story to hersleepless child, who can blame Mommy for "slumping, crumpled, sleeping / Fastasleep in her big chair"? Certainly not Baby, "Smart, good Baby," who finallyclimbs into his sleeping mother's lap for that long-delayed nap.Read more

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OK, but there are better books for this age
This book evokes a familiar scene to any parent - a tired mother trying to get a not-so-tired baby to sleep. It is fine for a few readings, but it doesn't offer anything particular special to keep you or your child coming back.
A book to make you smile when you're too tired to smile...
I stumbled onto this book, and fell in love. My toddler loves the story - the rhythm and rhyme of the words is fun to read and listen to. The pictures are lovely, with plenty of details to point out and ask about with young toddlers and readers. (What's Mommy doing? Where is the bowl? What is Baby doing? Have you ever felt grumpy?) It is a delightful book in two important ways: 1) The Mommy is tired and busy but still has time for Baby (and never yells and cheers up in the end!), and 2) Baby is still a Good Baby even through Mommy is tried and grumpy. Like many tired moms, I find myself worn out at the end of a long day - and this book is a favorite of mine on those days. A 'written appology and explanation' to my 19 month old that, even through I'm "grumpy", I still love and am there for my "Little Lump" GREAT BOOK!
This book is for all the mothers out there that want to explain to their young children that they will always love them, no matter how they feel!Janet Wong is a great story writer and speaker! If you ever get a chance to go to one of her seminars...GO! She is funny, clever, and intelligent. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Babies    2. Children's Baby - Picturebooks    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Family - Daily Life    5. Fiction    6. Humorous Stories    7. Mothers    8. Naps (Sleep)    9. Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings    10. Social Situations - Emotions & Feelings    11. Stories in rhyme    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Family / New Baby   

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loved it
We brought this book home three days ago, and our two year old has asked to have it read to him (or recited by memory as he's going to sleep) at least 30 times.And believe it or not, I'm not tired of it.When Mary Ann and Louie can't fall asleep, Grandpa tells them a tale of his exciting adventures when he couldn't sleep as a boy -- one that surprisingly put them to sleep (and also works on my son).Features sharks, polar bears, walruses, dragons, crocodiles, running uphill, swimming the ocean, and flying via hurricane.One of the best children's books I've ever read (and reread and reread and reread and reread). ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8    2. Children: Babies & Toddlers    3. Fiction    4. General    5. Humorous stories    6. Sleep   

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Sailing Off to Dreamland
This beautiful classic nursery rhyme by Eugene Field has comforted children off to sleep for generations and has endured as a favorite for good reason.The lovely, peaceful verse sings to us of a river of crystal light, a sea of dew, twinkling foam, nets of silver and gold, a moon that laughs and a wind that ruffles the waves. The illustrations that Johanna Westerman has supplied are the perfect compliment to this treasured story and are executed in watercolors using mostly sea green, blue and torquoise to create a moonlit vision of dreamland as the three children, Wynken, Blynken and Nod, set sail with their cat in a charming boat shaped like a wooden shoe. This is a soothing and gentle bedtime story and I highly recommend it.

A comfort book
My father used to recite this poem to my sister and I all the time.It's truly a beautiful poem that can still bring a sense of tranquility.This version is beautifully illustrated.I bought it for my nephew when he wasa baby and since he was about 6 months, he was enthralled by the pictures. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure    2. Action & Adventure - General    3. American poetry    4. Bedtime Stories    5. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    6. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    7. Children's poetry, American    8. Children: Grades 2-3    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Juvenile poetry    11. Poetry    12. Short Stories    13. Sleep    14. Juvenile Fiction / General    15. Nursery rhymes    16. Picture books   

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BEST bed time book for baby
I have read many bed time books to my 8-month old, but this is the ONLY one we get through let alone with tons of smiles and giggles.The illustrations, words, flaps - MAGIC!

First book my daughter "read"
This is the BEST book! My little kindergardener is reading now, and this was the first book she reallly read on her own. Easy and fun to read...will give your children the self-esteem they need to do it on their own. I highly recommend this and the other books in this series.

GREAT SERIES
In sam sheep can't sleep he obviously can't sleep so he seeks help from his friends(a continuing theme in the series) and each friend has their own advice and help. Sam does sleep. Pay attention to the yellow duck and see if you see a recurring theme here also!Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Farm Animals    2. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    3. Children: Babies & Toddlers    4. Fiction    5. General    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Readers - Beginner    8. Sheep    9. Sleep    10. Specimens    11. Toy and movable books   

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Good Night, Baby
My daughter got this for her first birthday, and she loved it.It was this book that she wanted to hear night after night for weeks on end.Each page has big, colorful pictures and a few easy to understand sentences describing the highlights of a baby's typical bedtime routine--getting into jammies, looking at a book, cuddling a stuffed animal, getting a goodnight kiss.I think my daughter enjoyed it because it reflected her own experience, and it was written in terms she could relate to. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bedtime    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Preschool    4. Concepts - General    5. Concepts - Time    6. Fiction    7. General    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile fiction    10. Sleep    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Concepts / General   

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WOW!!!
I thought this book would be okay but it turns out this book is the best book i EVER read- and i read A TON!SERIOUSLY, read this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it's about sabrina casting a spell that make every1 she talks 2 sleep- exept her and SAlem. and she can't go 2 her aunts 4 advice cuz they're sleeping- and won't wake up! and then she has to go 2 a scavenger hunt around the globe- WITH LIMITED MAGIC! she has 2 break the rules if she ever wants to get her friends and family awake again, but when more truoble stirs, will sabrina be able to finish the hunt- or will her friends and family face a lifetime of dreams and nightmares? U NEED 2 FIND OUT!!!

WOW! This book is great!
This book makes me feel to not stop reading!Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Fantasy    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Fiction    5. Humorous Stories    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Magic    8. Movie Tie - In    9. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic    10. Sleep    11. Social Issues - Adolescence    12. Witches    13. Juvenile Fiction / Movie or Television Tie-In   

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Cute story
This is a cute story with some fun artwork. It shows how a yawn spreads from person-to-person (and sometimes via animal) all the way around the world.
Must Have for Kid's Book Collection
My daughter is a little over a year old and she loves this book.It has become a requirement for our bedtime routine.She hands it to me when she is tired as a way to tell me it is time to go to bed.It is such a clever story and has great illustrations.The only problem with reading it to a toddler is that she enjoys turning the pages and tears them sometimes.I would definitely recommend this as a gift or an addition to your own child's library.

Love It!
This is probably one of the best books in our collection.What a great imagination the author has!I like how at the end you fold back the flap, and there is little Sara fast asleep after her yawn affected so many people.A must have!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bedtime & Dreams    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Fiction    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Sleep    7. Stories in rhyme    8. Yawning