
A fabulous interpretation of an everyday battle. 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. Mommy needs to wrangle her sweet creature for sleep in this endearing and imagination-fueled journey to bedtime, from Children’s Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes and acclaimed illustrator Elizabeth Zunon. 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 fabulous interpretation of an everyday battle." rhythmic, playful romp through a restless child’s bedtime routine… a loving, effective lullaby."- Publishers Weekly, STARRED reviewĪ sweet bedtime story from the award-winning author Nikki Grimes about a mother, her little boy, and their imagination-fueled and animal filled journey to get to sleep. His imaginative animal friends weave their way through the illustrations, eventually joining him in curling up for the night.”The mother’s loving understanding is demonstrated by how she works with her child’s rich imagination, never slipping into admonishment. From tigers to squirrels to snakes, the little boy dodges around his bedtime, until he is tired enough to finally sleep. A sweet bedtime story from the award-winning author Nikki Grimes about a mother, her little boy, and their imagination-fueled and animal filled journey to get to sleep.

He hunts for water like a sly wolf, and hides like a snake.Mommy needs to wrangle her sweet creature in bed so that the whole family can sleep. But Mommy’s little one is not sleepy.He growls like a bear, he questions like an owl, he tosses his mane like a lion. A sweet bedtime story from the award-winning author Nikki Grimes about a mother, her little boy, and their imagination-fueled and animal filled journey to get to sleep. 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.”Has the feel of an all-time great bedtime picture book”–The New York TimesIt’s bedtime.
