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Genre
Picture books for children
Tone
Offbeat
Subject
Bedtime
Journalists
Newspapers
Siblings
Sleep

I actually liked the cover illustration better than the interior illustrations.

This books is full of bright pictures and a wonderful story. It's very cutlet and my daughter loves it.

When Mama finds a wishing star, she tries to make a wish for world peace, but she sneezes, and her kids insist she wished for world pizza - and that's exactly what they get. Different kinds of pizzas rain down all over the world, and everyone eats "until their bellies were full and everyone was happy." The gentle message is that solving world hunger, and bridging differences (by sharing different types of food with new friends, for example), can bring about world peace - or something close.

Recommended by Ms. B.

A cartoonish boy with a curiously-shaped head (hairstyle?) insists that he will not read this book, no matter what [insert various scenarios]. In the end, he agrees to read it "with you" (his mom).

Not a hit with my 3yo, who said it was "scary," and who I think was baffled by the idea that someone might not want to read a book. Probably good for more reluctant readers! It's got a good sense of humor.

"WAIT. I changed my mind. I am not going to read today. Reading is hard and I don't read fast and sometimes there are words I don't know. I will not read this book and...YOU CAN'T MAKE ME."

I thought this was a cute story. Children can relate to not wanting to go to bed, which is the premise of the book. I think the theme is to not believe everything you read, since the parents, news reporter, and everyone in the town believed the kids' note that said, "Bedtime is Cancelled."

When Old Turtle "swam his last swim and took his last breath", the waves took him away. The story tells of each of Old Turtle's friends remembering something special about how he touched their lives. The wood cut styled illustrations of the underwater creatures and their environment, with subdued colors, are exceptional. The story ends with a hopeful tone: "...what he left behind was only the beginning."

This is a good read for one-on-one with a child who has experienced loss or death in their life. The pictures are beautiful and there is repetition in how the different sea animals remember Old Turtle. This would not make a good story time book, because there are too many words. maybe for an older group of kids (K-2nd), but the content is not engaging enough for a group read unless it's a specific purpose of helping dealing with loss.

This story is about a boy who will not read a book no matter what. I think the idea is clever on it's own because a child who doesn't read may immediately be interested. The boy in the story says he will not read this book even if you "hung me upside down", "over a cliff" Each time you turn the page he adds to the sentence creating a long one. I like the repetition because it helps with fluency and I also enjoy the suspense that will keep a younger reader engaged. The theme of this book is that you never really know what adventures you will find in a book, a great lesson to teach students early.

Bedtime is Canceled is a book about kids who try to write a note that says "Bedtime is Cancelled," which eventually ends up on the news reporters desk. The book explains why rules should be rules. For example, when every stays up in the story, the next day parents are "pouring coffee in their purses." I thought this was a cute book to read to children and explain that rules aren't just made up by parents for no reason.

Tough Chicks is a story that proves girls can be smart, play in the mud, and do things that boys would do. It's a book that challenges our stereotypical gender roles. I liked this book for several reasons. The first reason is the characters are well developed and play an important part in the message of the story. The author doesn't explicitly say that the chicks are "tom-boys", but instead implies what that by saying "They wrestled the worms. They raced the bugs. They dove off the fence after pesky barn flies." Throughout the story the author shows how these chicks are not your typical "girl chicks". The second reason I like this book is the writing is engaging. Something I liked about the writing in this book was at the end of multiple pages the author had the sounds the chicks make. The author had the sounds "Peep, peep, zoom, zip, cheeeeeeep." I found that to be a creative and engaging aspect of the writing. Finally, the book pushes readers to broaden their perspectives about girls and what defines being a girl. The chicks in the book challenge gender roles and prove girls can do anything. Being a "good chick" doesn't mean being quiet and making a nest. It shows girl readers that they can do anything boys can do and it shows boy readers that girls can do anything just as good as they can.

The art is really pretty and I appreciate the repetition of "And the __ would always remember," but I found the text kind of disappointing.

illustrations are superb. gentle story, with remembering the one who is gone as the primary point of the story.

Very appropriate for use with children and generating conversation about a lost loved one.

This story is really funny, its about this kid who is doing everything and anything so he doesn't have to read. I really liked how the author wrote, "Reading is hard and I don't read fast and sometimes there are words I don't know," this is a very common reason to why kids don't want to read. It also makes it more relatable especially to readers like me. The message is to trust others. The boy wouldn't read for all these crazy reasons but only way he would is if his mother caught him and they would read together.

For many children, bedtime is something that they dread. This book allows children to imagine their lives if there was no bedtime! I really liked how the author decided to show readers how both children and adults would be affected by not sleeping. This book encourages children to use their imagination, which is very important! The central message in this book focuses on the importance of sleep.

Summary: A brother and sister decide to write a note to their parents that states, "Bedtime is cancelled." However, the parents don't believe it. As the two children throw it into the trash, the wind picks it up and flies it outside the window and onto the desk of a news reporter. The reporter put the note as front page news on the newspaper. Everyone around town believed that bedtime was officially cancelled! Even though the children loved not having to go to bed, the parents hated it. Since everyone became very tired from not sleeping, the two children decided to write a new note to the reporter that said, "Bedtime is not cancelled!" After the reporter printed this note on the newspaper, the parents decided to celebrate!

I would love to read another book by this author and i love the pictures

This is such a cute book to read in the classroom or as a bedtime story. The main idea of the story is to show the importance of bedtime and why people need sleep. As I kid I remember hating bedtime and refusing to go to my room. I think that most kids in the elementary age also dread bedtime. This book is great to read to kids because it will show them and hopefully change their view on bedtime.
This story is so cute and unlike any other children’s book that I have ever read. I found the story to be comical at points. Even though the story is unrealistic, it still proves a point. “In school, Miss Klayborne couldn’t remember the answer to 1 + 1” is just one example in the story of how sleep can impact a persons mind. I really enjoyed the illustrations because they were large and colorful.

Maggie and her brother wrote a note that “bedtime was canceled” and gave it to their parents. Their parents blew it off and threw it in the trash. Somehow the note ended up blowing out the window and landing on a newspaper reporters desk. It was published as front page news the next day. The principal was enforcing this new decree and parents were not happy about it. News traveled fast via email and the evening news. Kids played all night. Unfortunately, the next morning weird things happened due to a lack of sleep. People buttered their dog’s tails and put their pants on backwards. Maggie decided this needed to be fixed and sent another note to the newspaper reporter saying that bedtime was NOT canceled.
I think this would be a very popular book with young readers because I am sure they all wish their bedtimes would be canceled. The tears and excuses of not wanting to go to bed, come true in this story. This is a fun light-hearted fantasy. The text is easy to read. The illustrations are filled with chaos and tired faces, showing readers what would happen if people didn’t sleep. This is a good book to illustrate humor in stories that most young readers will appreciate. It will make for a good read aloud.½

I absolutely completely adored this story, every page was a surprise and so funny. I picked up this book because I hate hiccups and I was curious to find out what exactly in the world could be so wonderful about them. Honestly the cover did not even occur to me to wonder why there was a hippo present at all. But the young boy does get the hiccups in the library and he just thinks that is the funniest thing ever because you have to be quiet in the library, so he is told by his sister to hang upside down and drink water which he finds even funnier because you are definitely not aloud to do that in the library. So the boy goes outside to hang upside down from a tree where he finds a hippo. The rest of the story is this journey that the boy, his little sister and the hippo take through town along with all of their library books. At one point his little sister ends up on the top of the library, the hippo burps really loud and the librarian falls from the sky onto the hippo. Eventually once all the library books are returned to the library the little boy is able to prove to his mother that he is responsible enough to have his own library card, which he can then use to rent books to read to his new hippo friend.

This story is all about cause and effect as well as simply taking care of your library books. My favorite part of the story is the end where it states very important library rules like: Do not feed your library books to strange animals, do not get books wet and especially keep them out of the toilet, always thank the librarians, and do not eat strawberry ice cream off of your books.

Additionally I loved looking at the drawings of the books on each page because they each had a title and I enjoyed finding out what hidden books where throughout. Like: 'The Anatomy of a Hiccup' or 'Don't Hiccup in my Soup' and 'Grandma's Wish'.

A lot like Green Eggs and Ham for the reluctant reader, this book builds up insane circumstances to emphasize the child's dislike for reading only to have a simple solution like being read to be the key turning the kid's outlook around. I would have liked a bit more on the flip side like Seuss did after his character discovered that he did like Green Eggs and Ham, but this was still a good story, short and sweet.

Not all girls enjoy dressing up in frou frou pink outfits and sipping tea. If you know a little girl like that, then make sure to remind them that it is ok to be a tough chick! Introduce them to Penny, Polly and Molly; three tough chicks who would rather wrestle a worm than quietly peck grain off the henhouse floor. Peep, peep, zoom, zip, cheep! The other animals in the baryard want the chicks to act normal and not bad. Thankfully they have a mama who reminds the animals that They're tough and they're smart and they're different in a GOOD way!. Share the story with a tough chick you know, and everyone else too!

If kids could control the headlines, what would they put out there and what would be the results? Great illustrations.

What a fun way to talk about the power of spoken and written word, along with the power of the media. The digital illustrations really make the book come alive!
Age range: 4 - 8 Years (B&N)