One Bear at Bedtime: A Counting Book - Hardcover

Inkpen, Mick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316418897 ISBN 13: 9780316418898

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1992

Synopsis

Introduces the numbers one through ten as a little boy describes all the animals he needs to help him get ready for bed.

About this title

About the Author:

Mick Inkpen is a top-selling picture book artist and writer whose Kipper and Wibbly Pig stories have sold millions worldwide. He is the winner of the Smarties Prize for Kipper's A to Z (praised by Publishers Weekly in 2001 as one of the "most distinguished titles of the year"), the British Book Award for Lullabyhullabaloo, and the Children's Book Award for Threadbear. His Kipper stories are the basis of a television show that was hailed by Parenting Magazine as a Top 10 show for children under five.

From Publishers Weekly:

Bedtimesometimes a difficult time for both parents and childrencan inspire alternatives to counting sheep: How about five lions, seven ostriches, or a 10-headed monster? Instead of winding down for the night and the cessation of all activity, these animals are just getting started. Kangaroos bounce on the bed, giraffes sit in the bathtub, snakes unwind the toilet paper and crocodiles use up the toothpaste. This won't soothe children as much as it will simply wear them out by the time they slip between the covers. For the child in this book, one teddy bear waits for him, and all the imaginary animals have gone to sleep. Inkpen's watercolor animals are a fidgety, frolicsome bunch of mischief-makers. For sheer playfulnesswhich suits the tone of this bookone tiny caterpillar appears on each page; when the count reaches "nine caterpillars," only one is on the page, and readers can search for the rest. Ages 4-8.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0316418897
• ISBN 13: 9780316418898
• Binding: Hardcover