Bedtime in the Southwest

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Summary: A SOOTHING RHYMING LULLABY
Review: Bedtime stories are always extremely popular, and this one will be a hit with those who live in the southwest or simply love the wide open spaces and the creatures that live there.

Mona Hodgson's delightful rhyming text gives examples of what not to do by describing the reaction of some of the animals when their parents announce that it's bedtime: "Does he hop on the bed and bounce for an hour? Does she beg for juice from her favorite flower?" All of these excuses to put off settling down for the night will probably sound familiar to many young ones.

Renee Graef, the illustrator of over 50 children's books, artfully depicts the loving interplay between small desert animals and their parents when night falls. The illustrations are full-page, both colorful and tranquil enough to close a few small eyes.

- Gail Cooke

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Summary: Teaches Tots to Obey Parents
Review: Absolutely delightful illustrations (by Renee Graef) and rhyming content (by Mona Hodgson) in this lighthearted, bedtime book. By showing what *not* to do through the antics of unique southwest critters, Bedtime in the Southwest helps kids learn about obeying parents.
My kids are beyond this impressionable age, but if this book was available back then, I certainly would have read them Bedtime in the Southwest.
-Brenda Nixon
author, Parenting Power in the Early Years

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Summary: Delightful told in a rhyming lullaby text
Review: Delightful told in a rhyming lullaby text by author Mona Hodgson and enhanced with imaginative illustrations by Renee Graef, Bedtime In The Southwest showcases comically defined bedtime behaviors by a number of animals found in the Southwest. Do rabbits hop into their beds? Do porcupines poke quills into their pillows? Do wolves stare at the sky and howl at the moon when it's time to go to bed? Bedtime In The Southwest is a perfect bedtime reading experience for preschool through kindergarten children and ideal for a parent bedtime bonding read aloud with any boy or girl.


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Summary: Fun Go-to-Bed story
Review: From what not to do to snuggling up, this easy-to-read story offers a glimpse of Southwest inhabitants (which parents can use to teach about animals) and a fun go-to-bed story that kids will want read over and over.

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Summary: The Wonders of Bedtime
Review: I love BEDTIME IN THE SOUTHWEST. Three things struck me immediately. I love the bedtime story itself. It is perfectly soothing as all bedtime stories should be, yet it carries with it a subtle but vital message simultaneously celebrating individual differences. Second, the art is utterly charming and just as lovely and gentlly evocative as works by past masters such as Thatcher Hurd and Abe Birnbaum, especially the cover that incorporates all the characters in one glorious panorama. Finally, BEDTIME IN THE SOUTHWEST will be great for inquisitive and gifted little ones who will want to find nonfiction books and ask their parents questions about the individual species such as the quail and the roadrunner or the coyote and their particular traits that are featured in the goodnight scenarios. All this is one book. That's terrific. Who could possibly ask for more?