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32 pp.
| Simon |
April, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4424-5231-5$17.99
(2)
K-3
Readers get the feeling that things are not what they appear when a dragon, clutching a book, winks at them. The creature snuggles in to hear its bedtime story--a tale of a dragon who has "never, / His whole life, / (Not once) been to bed." With surprising die-cuts and satisfying metafictive elements, Gravett takes that I-don't-want-to-go-to-sleep trope to a new level.
Reviewer: Robin L. Smith
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2013