Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight and Other Funny Bedtime Poems
By Debbie Levy
Illustrated by Stephanie Buscema
Copyright 2010 - Sterling Publishing/Children's Poetry
24 pages
Lullaby-bye
Rock-a-bye baby,
on the tree top,
you know the rest--
that baby goes plop.
Did people really
stick babies in trees?
This song is a nightmare!
Next lullaby, please.
I had a book of funny poems similar to those in Maybe I'll Sleep in the Bathtub Tonight, as a child, and I absolutely loved them. I nearly read that book to death and it's easy to visualize this book being read to tattered shreds, although it has a beautiful hard cover and should last a good long time. Great for reading at bedtime or for older children to read on their own, the rhymes are cute and silly, the illustrations bright and cheerful.
Poems: 5/5 - Cute, humorous rhymes that children and adults will love to giggle over together and older children will enjoy reading on their own.
Illustrations: 5/5 - Gorgeous, slightly retro-looking illustrations, bright and colorful and just a little bit silly.
This is book #4 for Children's Day. Believe it or not, there is still more to come!
Another one that would be great for the grandkids (and me)!
ReplyDeleteJenclair,
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that you're thinking of children's books as something fun for you, too, and not just for the grandkids. I'm that way. I don't have any qualms about sitting down to read a children's book for the joy of it, by myself. I do often end up reading to cats, though. :)