Monday, January 10, 2011

Bedtime













Bedtime Without Arthur
by Jessica Meserve

Bella has a bear named Arthur who keeps all the monsters away at night, and this lets Bella dream about things like rainbows and rainforests. One morning, Bella thinks Arthur looks really tired after a night of fighting off the monsters, so she makes him breakfast and puts him to bed. That night when Bella goes to get Arthur, she cannot find him. Bella looks around and her family looks around, but no one can find Arthur anywhere. Mom and Dad tell Bella that they will find Arthur tomorrow, but Bella is not so sure. That night, Bella has bad dreams about dragons, slugs, and grizzly bears. Bella is very tired the next day, and nothing she did that day could cheer her up. Arthur is still missing by bedtime that night. In the middle of the night, it looks like monsters are outside Bella’s window, and she runs into her brother’s room to get away from them. What will she find in her brother’s room? Will she ever be able to get a good night’s sleep without Arthur?



















The Patterson Puppies and the Midnight Monster Party
by Leslie Patricelli

Petra wakes up in the middle of the night as she usually does, and Petra is afraid of the dark and the monster. Her brothers and sister always sleep through the night, but Petra cannot. Petra tells her parents about the monster, but they tell her that everything is fine and put her back to bed. Her brothers and sister try to make her feel better, but nothing works, not even the sixteen stuffed animals she sleeps with. When she tells her brothers and sisters that the monster wants to eat them up, they come up with the idea to feed the monster cookies, instead. Petra agrees that they should try this idea. They leave the cookies and a note for the monster. When Petra woke up that night, she could hear noises. She woke up her brothers and sister. Will they find a monster eating their cookies? Will the monster scare them, or will they scare the monster? Will Petra be able to sleep at night without being scared?


















The Random House Book of Bedtime Stories
illustrated by Jane Dyer

This book contains twenty-one different bedtime stories. Some of the stories that can be read for bedtime are How the Camel Got His Hump, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Gingerbread Boy, The Little Snow Maiden, The Hare and the Hedgehog, and many others. Most of the stories are pretty short, and these stories come from all over the world.

















Interrupting Chicken
by David Ezra Stein

It is bedtime for Little Red Chicken, but first, papa must read her a bedtime story. Papa says he will read one of Little Red Chicken’s favorite stories, but Little Red Chicken should not interrupt him. Little Red Chicken promises to be good. Papa starts reading Hansel and Gretel, but Little Red Chicken interrupts the story to say that she told Hansel and Gretel that it was a witch and they did not go in her house. Papa tells Little Red Chicken that she interrupted him, and Little Red Chicken tells him she will not do it again. Papa starts reading Little Red Riding Hood, but Little Red Chicken interrupts again and says that she would tell Little Red Riding Hood not to talk to strangers. Will Little Red Chicken’s Papa keep reading her stories? Will Little Red Chicken keep interrupting him? Will there be enough stories to help Little Red Chicken go to sleep?

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