Overview
Don't let the bedbugs bite!
This irresistible rhyming read-aloud story-acted out by a cast of one-of-a-kind bugs-is the perfect countdown-to-bedtime book. Donald Saaf's quirky style is sure to get a giggle, while Elizabeth Provost's rhythmic text makes it easy for children to count along as all ten sleepy bugs drift off to sleep.
Ten sleepy insects snack, read, and play before they fall asleep, one by one.
Synopsis
Don't let the bedbugs bite!
This irresistible rhyming read-aloud story-acted out by a cast of one-of-a-kind bugs-is the perfect countdown-to-bedtime book. Donald Saaf's quirky style is sure to get a giggle, while Elizabeth Provost's rhythmic text makes it easy for children to count along as all ten sleepy bugs drift off to sleep.
School Library Journal
PreS-In this bedtime countdown, rhyming couplets describe how 10 tired insects prepare for a night's rest ("Ten little sleepyheads/talking to their toys./One falls asleep/in the middle of the noise"). The usual routine ensues as the creatures reach for a snack, play peek-a-boo, beg for a book, and take a bath before drifting off to sleep, one by one. The countdown begins all over again as the last little bug remains wide awake. Colorful acrylic paintings convey the action and depict highly personified insects including a firefly, a red-and-black beetle, a bumblebee, a winged desert termite, and a slug moth caterpillar, all of which are identified on the endpapers. Although the book is a bit cutesy, youngsters will delight in looking for the odd one out on each page and enjoy the ending.-Sally R. Dow, Ossining Public Library, NY Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.