Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year
Kirkus Best Book of the Year
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
4 STARRED REVIEWS
Nikki Grimes, Coretta Scott King Award winning author, and acclaimed
illustrator Elizabeth Zunon's latest children's masterpiece creates an
imagination-fueled and animal-filled journey to bedtime.
"Has the feel of an all-time great bedtime picture book" -- The New
York Times
It's bedtime. But Mommy's little one is not sleepy.
He growls like a bear, he questions like an owl, he tosses his mane
like a lion. He hunts for water like a sly wolf, and hides like a
snake.
Mommy needs to wrangle her sweet creature in bed so that the whole
family can sleep. From tigers to squirrels to snakes, the little boy
dodges around his bedtime, until he is tired enough to finally sleep.
His imaginative animal friends weave their way through the
illustrations, eventually joining him in curling up for the night.
For those seeking children's books about diversity, this loving
depiction of everyday shenanigans is sure to become a bedtime favorite.
Bedtime for Sweet Creatures is an African American children's book
that celebrates imagination, playful moments, and the love between a
Black mother and child.
"The mother's loving understanding is demonstrated by how she works with
her child's rich imagination, never slipping into admonishment. As such,
children will engage with the pajama-clad tot's antics and be soothed by
the book's positive tone. A fabulous interpretation of an everyday
battle."--Booklist, STARRED review
