Title: Baby Bedtime
Author: Mem Fox
Illustrator: Emma Quay
Publication Date: October 2013
Mem Fox and Emma Quay teamed up to bring mum and bubs a great little story for bedtime. Although the recommended age for Baby Bedtime is 2-4 years old, I feel that it's a tale you can share with your baby bear from quite young as there is only a sentence per page. This keeps story time short when you've got a little wriggle worm on your hands.
Mem Fox structures the story with lyrical prose that leads your little one to bed with a final kiss from mum or dad before (with luck) drifting off to the land of dreams.
"But there comes a time for sleeping, and our sleepy time is now. So fall asleep, my angel... with a kiss upon your brow."
This journey to the crib is accompanied by Emma Quay's lovely little elephant characters, which, while striking and beautiful, are kept simple, using soft pastel colours, with not too much to over stimulate baby at bed time.
I recommend trying this book in your bed time routine. It comes in a beautiful large hardback, perfect for a gift or a compact board book, perfect for those who like to chew on their books. It is fun to read, it is a great one for bonding with bub and it assists in getting the little human sleepy so you can move onto that glass of wine and netflix! ;)
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