Reviews for The Prince Won't Go to Bed

The average rating for The Prince Won't Go to Bed based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-04-04 00:00:00 Richard Rocket Perfect for a read-aloud bedtime story, Dayle Ann Dodds' The Prince Won't go to Bed is both fun and sweet (and I especially appreciate that what the prince ultimately requires to be able to go to sleep and stay asleep is something as simple and as natural as a goodnight kiss). And while Kyrsten Brooker's accompanying illustrations are not necessarily all that much to my liking, they do work well enough in and for this story, and most children would likely be both captivated and enchanted by their bold expressiveness. Now I do not know wether most children would manage to catch the clever illustrated allusions to Hans Christian Andersen's well-known, enduring Princess-and-the Pea story (the stacked mattresses), but I thought this little touch to be ingenious (and enough to make this picture book a four star read for me). And finally, The Prince Won't Go to Bed is obviously first and foremost an entertaining bedtime story for younger children. However, I believe that this story might also be useful for discussing problematic family situations with older children (and perhaps even young teenagers), issues such as bedtime (and children who do not want to go to bed, who make excuses not to go to bed, who refuse to go to bed); I could actually imagine The Prince Won't Go to Bed being of use, of benefit to a young babysitter faced with a similar dilemma (especially if babysitting rebellious siblings).

Review # 2 was written on 2011-03-15 00:00:00 Linda S. Bellville This is a really, really fun read aloud book, and because of the repetitive chorus, most likely, especially if reread, it will become a say along/read along too. I doubt I'd have ever read this, but it's one of six books for April's "Royalty" theme for the Picture Books Club, a club that's part of the Children's Books group. At first I thought this was a book I'd have appreciated only as a young kid, but it grew on me. The rhyme is catchy, and even the repetition works here. I wasn't a huge fan of the art style of the illustrations, but I loved the Prince's stuffed animal (or is it a pet?) And, I loved the multiple mattress pictures. I thought I'd easily predicted the end, but I was wrong. I like my end better though: a bedtime story! But, the end is very sweet. This is definitely a good bedtime storybook, as long as it doesn't make the kids too rowdy. 3 ½ stars