We received a treasure of a book* in the mail box the other day. Scholastic sent us Mem Fox’s newest book, Good Night Sleep Tight, illustrated by Judy Horacek. Mem Fox and Judy Horacek have teamed up before for Where Is the Green Sheep?
Good Night Sleep Tight is the story of a babysitter putting a brother and a sister to bed. Sammi loves when we’re visiting Brent’s sister and they do something together. She always comments, “A brother and a sister!” She gets a lot of joy out of those sibling relationships. Back to the brother and the sister from this story. The babysitter tells them familiar nursery rhymes. Then they ask to hear it again and instead he tells them another.
The rhymes are delightfully illustrated and we usually pause to enjoy the pictures, talk about the rhyme or do any actions that go with it. It also has a cute repeated transition between nursery rhymes. The kids picked up on this right away and enjoyed saying it all together. They also took turns doing “This Little Piggy” on each others’ toes. This was a book they all enjoyed reading together. It’s been harder to find books they can all equally enjoy with Sammi now 7 and an independent reader. She actually read this one to us all which warmed my heart. Another bedtime favorite!
*This review was originally published on Because Babies Grow Up. Post contains affiliate links which help keep the site content available for free. Find this book on Amazon.com: https://amzn.to/41hxq1k
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