Bedtime Hullabaloo - Hardcover

Conway, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802721702 ISBN 13: 9780802721709

Publisher: Walker Childrens, 2010

Synopsis

One night on the silly savannah, a ludicrous leopard is leapfrogging to bed and a hat-wearing hyena is half asleep. All of a sudden they hear a terrible racket and decide to follow the noise. They are in for a big surprise when they discover the unlikely cause of all the hullabaloo-and readers are in for a big treat with this wonderfully illustrated, humorous read-aloud.

About this title

About the Author:

DAVID CONWAY lives in London, England. Bedtime Hullabaloo is his first picture book published in the United States.

CHARLES FUGE is the illustrator of dozens of picture books, including Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball. He is passionate about the natural world and its preservation and lives in England.

From School Library Journal:

PreS-K–Conway returns to the African savanna where a leopard, giraffe, baboon, and other animals cannot get to sleep because they are disturbed by snorts and grunts. On their way to find out what is causing the terrible racket, they gather several other tired beasts. They finally discover the source of all the commotion–a tiny shrew in a pink tutu with a very loud snore. Together, the animals growl and screech until they wake the offender and are able to fall asleep. The last page shows that the shrew has plans to make sure the others do not sleep for long. This slight story starts out sounding like it is going to be an adventure in alliteration, but the wordplay stops abruptly on the next page and then appears sporadically in the rest of the book. Fuge's illustrations of goofy, wide-eyed animals reflect the silliness of the text, but some of his drawings border on the grotesque (the giraffe sitting on his rump looks too weird to be funny). And the punch line of the entire tale is given away on the back cover. Skip this one and go for another reading of Bob Shea's Dinosaur vs. Bedtime (Hyperion, 2008).–Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CTα(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Childrens
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0802721702
• ISBN 13: 9780802721709
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Fuge Charles