Kid's Book Blog

What better place for naptime than a grand pirate ship on the high seas!

Two boys use their imaginations to turn everyday objects, from a white bandanna to yellow coins to a red blanket, into colorful pirate treasure as they prepare for naptime. With a bouncy rhymed text and fun illustrations, this charming book teaches little ones their colors while making a great read-aloud. Even the youngest readers and listeners will want to be a part of the fun as they get ready to sail off to sleep!

Adorable read for the child pirate lover in the family.. also a fun read for naptime or bedtime! Perfect interactive story with all the colors for the kids to find!

PreSchool-Grade 2 Sylvie is the kind of child whose mind never stops. She demands stories, and water, and drives her mother to distraction in order to avoid bedtime. When her mother suggests she count sheep, Sylvia gives it a try, but they won't stay still. They dance, swim, and rollerblade, making it impossible for her to get a tally. It isn't until the herd pretends to sleep that the child can successfully count them and drift off herself. The cartoon pen-and-ink drawings paint vivid scenes of Sylvie's imagination and are flush with fun details. Readers will linger over each page, looking for Sylvie's pink stuffed elephant throughout the story or the sheep in the cowboy hat with bucked teeth. A counting tale sandwiched in the middle of a bedtime story, The Sleep Sheep moves along at a rapid clip and with enough humor to be a successful read-aloud.

an adorable story about a little girl who can't sleep and her mother suggests for her to count sheep! But, the sheep will not exactly cooperate and stay still for her! a fun bedtime read aloud!

It's time for bed, but the little Mouse Baby has no intentions of calling it a night. He hides in the garden, hides in the kitchen, hides his little whiskers anywhere he can. Anything to keep from going to bed. But daddy is right behind him —"Mousebaby mousebaby, where can you be?"— trying to get this little scamp all tucked in and ready to sleep..
Who will win at this adorable game of hide and squeak? Only time will tail...tell.

a fun mouse story all about bedtime! just like the fun game of hide and seek its a mouse game of hide and squeak before bedtime!

simple text and beautiful illustrations make this a great bedtime read aloud story! three curious animals discover they are children of the moon! perfect addition to your nighttime reading.

PreS-Gr 1–Various animal babies interact with the full moon in this quiet charmer. Otter playfully "catches" it in order to give the orb a big hug, a raccoon plays with the reflection of its light, and an owl smiles at the stars and pretends she can balance the moon on the tip of her nose. There is very little text–only one sentence per spread–but it works well for this subject matter and mood. Sayles has primarily used dark blue and brown pastels with acrylic ink to set the tone for this peaceful night where all is well. Sweet dreams are sure to follow. Perfect for bedtime or evening storytimes

First the monster who lives under the bed wants to get on top with Jim. Then other creatures follow, until the bed gets so crowded that Jim ends up underneath it.

a fun and creative story about going to bed and the monsters under the bed actually ask to sleep with jim (the little boy in the story) a sweet bedtime read or fun for those kids who love monsters!

by Kat Yeh
Grades Pre-K to 2nd

The little bunnies had been naughty and everyone was tired. Mama Bunny told her little bunnies that none of that mattered because she will love her bunnies no matter what. After the bunnies were put to bed, Mama Bunny sat exhausted on the couch until Grandpa Bunny came over and told Mama that when a papa loves a bunny, he still loves her when she's grown and has bunnies of her own.

The illustrations present a busy family in a cozy atmosphere. The childlike actions and emotions displayed by the bunnies will be familiar to most children as they examine the pictures. The dainty drawings were done in a pastel palette with lots of white background, reflecting the mood and simplicity of the story. From the soft illustrations to the tone of text, there is an overall sense of gentleness. However, while children will understand the message of mother's love, the grandfather's tender feelings for his daughter may be a bit beyond their ken.

The story gives me goosebumps. It is a story of enduring love and unconditional love.

By Sebastien Braun
Grades: PreSchool-Grade 1

Ed, an adorable mouse, loves his bedtime routine. But Ed does not like staying in bed. Night after night he wakes his parents and climbs in with them, ignoring the cries of "Back to bed, Ed!"

His exhausted parents can take no more and one night Ed discovers a "closed" sign on their tightly shut door. Dad emerges and escorts his son back to his own bed. But the unhappy mouse does not stay put. Instead he gathers up all his stuffed friends and brings them to bed too, declaring, "There's no need to be scared…I'm here now." Finally he is able to sleep in his own bed.

Braun's clean illustrations in India ink with markers and colored pencils are bright and bold. Set against plenty of white space, they show all the emotions of the characters and many interesting details. The simple text works in tandem with the illustrations to produce a great story that's fun to read. What's more, the book has an excellent representation of both Mom and Dad parenting.

By Emma Garcia
Colorful cars beep-beep, toot-toot, vroom-vroom, and whoosh across these collage-like pages, inviting kids along on an entertaining trip. Little ones will love joining in with the sounds, reading them aloud as they watch a little red jeep, big blue van, sleek black sports car, long pink limousine, and big yellow taxi pass by. But what do you get when all these vehicles make their distinctive sounds at the same time? A lot of chugga-chugga, honk-honk noise! But in the end each vehicle finds its parking space and, like all good children, settles down for the night.


Toot Toot Beep Beep follows up on the highly successful Tip Tip Dig Dig. Recommended for any car obsessed child.

Ages: 4-8

Here are 26 ways to say goodnight!Fans of Brown and Katz’s A Child’s Good Morning Book may want to close their days with this companion alphabet lullaby: “A is for Aaaah when a small kitten sighs / B is for Baaaaaa when the lambs close their eyes.”

Katz’s interpretation of Brown’s text is joyful and energetic and features her trademark, round-faced, multicultural children, rendered in collage-like art, bouncing around a sunshine-bright room before they finally catch their Zs in a very realistic bedtime pattern. Likely to be just what little not-yet-sleeping beauties will want.

Adorably illustrated alaphabet story all about heading off to bed! A simple read aloud for naptime or evening bedtime! Another wonderful story from beloved author Margaret wise brown and with the added bonus of Karen Katz beautiful illustrations. This book can be shared over and over with all your little ones!

By Babette Donaldson
Ages 6-8
 
Emma Lea is told a the bedtime story of Aladin one night. That night she dreams that her favorite teapot is like Aladin's lamp and is given 3 wishes. The next day she finds that her wishes comes true. However, her father reveals to her that is isn't magic that made the things come true. Emma Lea did all those things herself.
 
There are a lot of words on these pages. The story takes up the full 30 pages and might be overwhelming for a toddler or young reader to read on her(this is a girlie book) own. But the pictures are beautiful enough to entertain a child while she is being read to.
 
Overall, story is charming and the watercolor pictures are beautiful.