Time for Bed (Fox book)

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Time for Bed
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Author Mem Fox
Illustrator Jane Dyer
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book, poetry
Published1993 (Omnibus Books)
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages26 (unpaginated)
ISBN 9781862911864
OCLC 861531001

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.

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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] 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

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.