Snoozers: 7 Short Short Bedtime Stories for Lively Little Kids
by Sandra Boynton
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Here are seven different Boynton bedtime stories for little listeners. Guided by the colorful picture tabs, children can find whichever story they want to hear. And the next one. And then this one. Okay, now this one. And now this one. Ooo, and this. Oh, please, just ONEmore?Tags
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A fourth Boynton bedtime book. It's a little longer than the rest in case you have a kid who takes a while to settle down. The first four stories/lullabies are the strongest, with the last three flagging a little as sleep finally nears.
This is a creative approach to bedtime board books, with seven short rhyming stories with cute animal pictures. The board pages are tabbed, so children who don't read yet can point to the one they want to hear, or can turn the pages to their favourite. The stories are funny, particularly for the parents, and the silly lullaby at the end was a huge hit with our three kids. These are good for toddlers and preschoolers. "Snoozers" and "Silly Lullaby" have been recorded as songs in Boynton's 2002 "Philadelphia Chickens" book and CD set.
Snoozers is a book about falling asleep. This book has seven very short bedtime stories for lively little kids. It describes several animals who are very sleepy until it's time to take a nap. They don't like taking naps, so they fight it until they can no longer stay awake.
I think this would be a good book to read to young children in the classroom right before nap time. Not only would reading help them relax, but reading a book about being sleepy might help them to unwind enough to fall asleep. It has lines that the listener reads in order to let them participate in the story and keep their attention.
To tie this book into the classroom routine, I would have the children lay down in the nap center, and pretend to be the sleepy sheep show more who could no longer stay awake. I would play a night time lullaby for them after I finished reading the book until everyone fell asleep. show less
I think this would be a good book to read to young children in the classroom right before nap time. Not only would reading help them relax, but reading a book about being sleepy might help them to unwind enough to fall asleep. It has lines that the listener reads in order to let them participate in the story and keep their attention.
To tie this book into the classroom routine, I would have the children lay down in the nap center, and pretend to be the sleepy sheep show more who could no longer stay awake. I would play a night time lullaby for them after I finished reading the book until everyone fell asleep. show less
This is a 16 page board book with seven stories in it. Two of the pages are the table of contents.
The stories are, of course, short. In fact, they are "short short", as advertized!
If your kid has moved past board books and is now well into the world of long books like Green Eggs and Ham or, dare I say it, War and Peace, this one might be a little *too* short short for him or her.
If your kid is in the target age for these books, baby or toddler, then it should be just long enough to hold his or her attention until beddybye.
The stories are typically funny, in Boynton's style. We especially like "I'm Not Tired" around here, and the silly lullaby at the end!
The stories are, of course, short. In fact, they are "short short", as advertized!
If your kid has moved past board books and is now well into the world of long books like Green Eggs and Ham or, dare I say it, War and Peace, this one might be a little *too* short short for him or her.
If your kid is in the target age for these books, baby or toddler, then it should be just long enough to hold his or her attention until beddybye.
The stories are typically funny, in Boynton's style. We especially like "I'm Not Tired" around here, and the silly lullaby at the end!
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Sandra Boynton was born in Orange, New Jersey, and grew up in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Boynton's parents became Quakers when she was two years old. From kindergarten through 12th grade, she and her sisters attended Germantown Friends School, where their father taught English and was Head of the Upper School. She went show more on to Yale, entering in 1970 for her second year of college. She spent the second semester of her junior year studying in Paris through Wesleyan University's program. At Yale, she majored in English. Boynton intended to become a theater director. For graduate studies in drama, she attended the University of California at Berkeley for one year, then transferred to the Yale School of Drama D.F.A. program, but she did not complete the program. With the birth of her first child in 1979, Boynton postponed indefinitely a career in the theater. Boynton began designing greeting cards for Recycled Paper Greetings. Her designs were at the forefront of the Alternative Cards commercial movement that began in the mid-1970s. According to RPG co-founder and president Mike Keiser, over 200 million copies of Boynton's distinctive humorous cards featuring an assortment of unnamed cartoon animal characters, spare layout, and droll messages sold between 1973 and 1995. Since the 1977 release of Hippos Go Berserk!, Boynton has published many children's books, as well as several illustrated humor books for the general market. Her books are most typically for very young children, offered in the laminated paperboard format known as board books. Five of her books have been New York Times best sellers: Chocolate: The Consuming Passion; Frog Trouble and Eleven Other Pretty Serious Songs; Yay, You!; Consider Love; and Philadelphia Chickens, which reached the number one position on the list, and was on the list for nearly a year. Two of her books are Publisher's Weekly bestsellers, Dinosaur Dance!, and Eek! Halloween!. Three of Boynton's books are on the Publishers Weekly All-Time Bestselling Children's Books list. More than 30 million copies of her books have been sold. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Snoozers: 7 Short Short Bedtime Stories for Lively Little Kids
- Alternate titles
- Snoozers; Snoozers: Seven Short Short Bedtime Stories for Lively Little Kids
- Original publication date
- 1997
- Dedication
- For Mildred, Rod Lebster, Gilligan, & Gorgeous
- First words
- We like to snooze in the morning.
We like to snooze all day.
We like to snooze
Whenever we choose ---
Snoozing our cares away. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Go to sleep, my zoodle,
My fibblety-fitsy foo.
Go to sleep, sweet noodle.
The owl is whisp'ring, "Moo." - Original language
- English
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