The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Knapman, Timothy

Time Now to Dream

40 pp. | Candlewick | March, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-9078-6 $16.99

(2) PS Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Alice and Jack are playing in the backyard when they hear an eerie chant from the forest. Jack worries it might be the Wicked Wolf; Alice wants to investigate. While there's suspenseful visual progression from light to gloom in the pencil and watercolor illustrations, this don't-be-afraid bedtime story never gets too scary; the eventual appearance of the wolf--and her pups!--is sweet indeed.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2017