My Parents Think I'm Sleeping - Hardcover

Jack Prelutsky

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688040187 ISBN 13: 9780688040185

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 1985

Synopsis

A collection of humorous poems about bedtime.

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Review:

The childhood ritual of being put to bed has been a source of inspiration for children (and frustration for grownups) throughout the ages. Prolific children's poet Jack Prelutsky has taken this undeniable truism and run with it in My Parents Think I'm Sleeping, an eye-opening, poetic romp through the multitude of adventures that can take place after the lights have been turned out. From pleasant nighttime thoughts ("I have been in bed for hours, / but I'm sure I'm wide-awake, / for my head is filled with visions / of a forest by a lake.") to philosophical ponderings ("What happens to the colors / when night replaces day? / What turns the wrens to ravens, / the trees to shades of gray?"), children everywhere will relate to these soothing, sleepy poems. Illustrated by Yossi Abolafia with the foggy blues and grays of the gloaming, kids will love snuggling up with this book--in fact, it just might make tuck-in time a dream! (Ages 4 to 8)

From the Back Cover:

From reading under the covers to watching shadows dance on the wall, these fourteen vigorous verses show that a child's life begins at bedtime!

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0688040187
• ISBN 13: 9780688040185
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 47
• Illustrator: Yossi Abolafia