This week I chose "The Prince's Bedtime" by Joanne Oppenheim for the book of the week. I absolutely adore this book. It's one of those books with such bright, cheerful illustrations that I was drawn to it from the moment I first glimpsed the cover. It's published by Barefoot Books, one of our favorite book publishers. "The Prince's Bedtime" tells the store of a little prince who cannot (or will not!) fall asleep. His weary parents try everything to get him to sleep, to no avail. Finally, an old woman comes to the castle with a pictureless book of stories. She sits down beside his bed and reads to him. At her suggestion, he closes his eyes to see the pictures, "and soon after that... fell asleep for the night." The book has beautiful, vibrant illustrations (by Miriam Latimer,) a cute rhyming scheme, and uses great vocabulary. It makes a wonderful bedtime story!
If you would like to see any of my previous book picks, simply click on the book of the week label at the bottom of this post.
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