Despite her prolific output, and the fact that I have been familiar with her name for many years, I have never picked up any books from Grimes before, which leaves me somewhat puzzled. There is an element of imaginative play here that is very appealing, and the colorful artwork captures that sense of make-believe, depicting both the imagined animal, and its real-world equivalent. I have read a number of stories with this same idea, but what sets this example apart is the use of animal comparison in both narrative and illustration. Or is she.?īedtime for Sweet Creatures offers a charming variation on a common theme in children's books - a theme which corresponds to a common childhood experience. Comparisons are made, at each step, to a wild animal - the girl's teddy bear becomes a massive grizzly, the girl becomes a koala when she clings to her mother for a last kiss - but eventually she is ready to go to sleep.
A young girl resists going to bed, finding lots of ways to delay the inevitable, from making her mother check under the bed for monsters to demanding a last glass of water. A fabulous interpretation of an everyday battle."―Booklist, STARRED reviewĬhildren's author and poet Nikki Grimes teams up with picture-book illustrator Elizabeth Zunon in this sweetly imaginative bedtime tale. 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. His imaginative animal friends weave their way through the illustrations, eventually joining him in curling up for the night. 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. a loving, effective lullaby."―Publishers Weekly, STARRED review " rhythmic, playful romp through a restless child's bedtime routine. 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.
0 kommentar(er)
