I recently received a super-cute board book by Marianne Richmond called The Night Night Book.   My 3 year old snagged it as soon as I opened the box and absconded with it!  It is a great beginner bedtime book since it has few words per page and engaging pictures.   The art was originally done in mixed media.  It is obvious where there were buttons, ric-rac, glitter, scrapbook paper, yarn, etc. used to make them.   It also has a lovely sounding rhyming structure to it.

Night night talking.  Not a peep.

Night night me.  Time for sleep.

Overall, we really like this book and I know it will be a regular in our bedtime book rotation for years to come!

Another favorite in our house is The Going-To-Bed Book by Sandra Boynton.   It is also a great rhyming book and there are lots of animals going through their bedtime routine.  Each page is a different color and there is plenty to discuss as well as read, like what sound does that animal make, or what exercise is he doing.   It’s been a great pretend book for us too (brushing teeth, washing up, rocking to sleep).   You won’t regret having this one around!

This last one is a classic that we happen to have as a board book —Goodnight Moon byMargaret Wise Brown.   Like the other two, we love the rhyming of this book.  It introduces a rabbit child and his toys and things.   Then he says goodnight to them all.  My daughter had this one memorized in short order and I loved reading it WITH her 🙂

 

What are your favorite bedtime stories?

This post is linked to Read Aloud Thursday @ Hope is the Word.

Disclaimer:  The Night Night Book was received for review from the publisher.

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3 Comments on Read-Aloud Thursday – The Night Night Book edition

  1. Amy @ Hope Is the Word
    12 May 2011 at 10:40 PM (14 years ago)

    Oh, The Going to Bed Book and Goodnight, Moon are two of my favorites! They bring back such good memories of rocking and reading to my girls! Thanks so much for playing this week! 🙂
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    jen Reply:
    May 16th, 2011 at 6:13 PM

    Thanks for hosting. I’m hoping to play more often :).

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