Bedtime for Beasties

Illustrated by Jia Liu
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Hardcover
$17.95 US
8.88"W x 10.31"H x 0.36"D  
On sale Feb 12, 2019 | 32 Pages | 9781590789308
Preschool - 3
Reading Level: Lexile 570L | Fountas & Pinnell O
For any child who has trouble going to sleep, here is a funny, imaginative, and ultimately empowering bedtime book about a girl who takes control of her nightmare and shows a group of monsters that she's the boss of her dreams.

In this creative bedtime book, a girl finds herself in a nightmare filled with snarling "beasties." By her side is a little T-Rex named Ben, a stuffed animal who comes alive in her dreams. When she realizes that she's in the middle of a bad dream, the plucky main character uses problem-solving and quick thinking to take control of the nightmare. She turns the tables on the beasties--asserting that she is the boss and directing the ultimately harmless monsters in a silly movie before reading them a story and tucking them in so they can all--finally--get a decent night's sleep.
Leslie Staub is the author of Time for (Earth) School, Dewey Dew and How Do You Say I Love You, Dewey Dew?. She is also the author and illustrator of Bless This House, and has illustrated various titles including Lee Bennett Hopkins' Lives: Poems About Famous Americans and Mem Fox's Whoever You Are. View titles by Leslie Staub
Jia Liu received her MFA in Illustration Practice from Maryland Institute College of Art. She is also the illustrator of Terrific Tongues! Visit: www.jia-liu.com. View titles by Jia Liu
“In a surreal dreamscape filled with colorful monsters, a child's initial fright turns to whimsy upon realizing they are in control of their own destiny…in rhyming couplets, the story turns fanciful as the child starts to boss the monsters around. Staub…plays with language, delaying the rhyme with a page turn or pre-empting an obvious rhyme with a surprise word. Illustrator Liu's digital art looks hand-drawn, with a childlike sense of play that conveys the humor. A solid…rhyming story about conquering one's nighttime fears.” -Kirkus Reviews

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For any child who has trouble going to sleep, here is a funny, imaginative, and ultimately empowering bedtime book about a girl who takes control of her nightmare and shows a group of monsters that she's the boss of her dreams.

In this creative bedtime book, a girl finds herself in a nightmare filled with snarling "beasties." By her side is a little T-Rex named Ben, a stuffed animal who comes alive in her dreams. When she realizes that she's in the middle of a bad dream, the plucky main character uses problem-solving and quick thinking to take control of the nightmare. She turns the tables on the beasties--asserting that she is the boss and directing the ultimately harmless monsters in a silly movie before reading them a story and tucking them in so they can all--finally--get a decent night's sleep.

Author

Leslie Staub is the author of Time for (Earth) School, Dewey Dew and How Do You Say I Love You, Dewey Dew?. She is also the author and illustrator of Bless This House, and has illustrated various titles including Lee Bennett Hopkins' Lives: Poems About Famous Americans and Mem Fox's Whoever You Are. View titles by Leslie Staub
Jia Liu received her MFA in Illustration Practice from Maryland Institute College of Art. She is also the illustrator of Terrific Tongues! Visit: www.jia-liu.com. View titles by Jia Liu

Praise

“In a surreal dreamscape filled with colorful monsters, a child's initial fright turns to whimsy upon realizing they are in control of their own destiny…in rhyming couplets, the story turns fanciful as the child starts to boss the monsters around. Staub…plays with language, delaying the rhyme with a page turn or pre-empting an obvious rhyme with a surprise word. Illustrator Liu's digital art looks hand-drawn, with a childlike sense of play that conveys the humor. A solid…rhyming story about conquering one's nighttime fears.” -Kirkus Reviews

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