Time for Bed (Fox book)

Time for Bed is a 1993 Children's picture book by Mem Fox. It is about various baby animals getting ready for bed with gentle encouragement from their parents; finally a human mother tucks in her child.

Time for Bed
AuthorMem Fox
IllustratorJane Dyer
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book, poetry
Published1993 (Omnibus Books)
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages26 (unpaginated)
ISBN9781862911864
OCLC861531001

Reception

Booklist wrote "Although the rhyme at times limps rather than lilts, there's a warmth to this that makes the whole more than the sum of its parts. Of course, one of the important parts is the art.."[1] and the School Library Journal wrote "Charming illustrations and comfortable rhymes characterize this appealing bedtime book."[1]

It has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,[2] Publishers Weekly,[3] and Common Sense Media.[4]

It appears on The Daily Telegraph's 100 best children's books of all-time list.[5]

See also

References

  1. "Time for bed". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  2. "Time for Bed". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 15 September 1993. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  3. "Time for Bed". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 1 March 2005. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  4. "Time for Bed". www.commonsensemedia.org. Common Sense Media Inc. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  5. "The 100 best children's books of all time". Daily Telegraph. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
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