The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Graff, Lisa

It Is Not Time for Sleeping: (A Bedtime Story)

32 pp. | Clarion | November, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-544-31930-1 $16.99

(2) PS Illustrated by Lauren Castillo. A parent vs. preschooler bedtime duel told from a gender and ethnicity–neutral child narrator's perspective. The watercolor and ink pictures include warm yellow backgrounds and firm dark outlines, reinforcing the feeling of security. Throughout this cumulative tale, the child repeats, "It is not time for sleeping," but textual cues and the gradually darkening palette will persuade listening children that bedtime is getting closer.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2016