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Bedtime Is Canceled
by
Cece Meng (Goodreads Author),
Aurelie Neyret
The note read: Bedtime is canceled. Maggie thought of it. Her brother wrote it. A journalist read it. This was big news. He reported it.Before they knew it,the whole city discovered that bedtime had officially been canceled,so no one wentto sleep!
Cece Meng, author of I WILL NOT READ THIS BOOK andTOUGH CHICKS, delivers once again with a pitch perfect cautionary tale, a wry...more
Cece Meng, author of I WILL NOT READ THIS BOOK andTOUGH CHICKS, delivers once again with a pitch perfect cautionary tale, a wry...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
November 6th 2012
by Clarion Books
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A brother and sister team tries to fool their parents by writing a note that states: Bedtime is canceled! Mom and Dad don’t buy into so the kids throw the note in the trash, but the wind picks it up and carries it across town to the desk of a newspaper reporter. The reporter makes the note headline news and people all over the world forego bedtime with bad results. The next day adults are too tired to perform tasks correctly and by dinner people are cuddling up in their dinner plates. The brothe...more
The story is a fun exploration of a what-if? idea. I kept checking the front matter because these illustrations have the feel of having been a cartoon or an animation...a little like the 2D Rankin-Bass animations from my childhood. I wonder if an elementary school classroom would want to read this and discuss the media and the reliability of the transmission of information? One thing I did appreciate was the wide range of media portrayed in the text and illustrations--from handwritten-with-crayo...more
This is a fun book that every child will enjoy reading. Parents will also enjoy the book as they will find it amusing. I gave this book 5/5 stars. I thought the illustrations were well done and helped the book move from one scene to the next. I liked how the story followed through with its idea and you get a resolution at the end. I recommend this book to all families and especially those who have a hard time getting their kids to bed at night!
Bedtime is cancelled! The news is out. A classic 'wishful thinking' children's book with a lesson to be learned. This book incorporated lots of examples of modern technology such as i phones, i pads, laptops and other examples of communication that are now part of a child's landscape.A great bedtime read with reasons behind why there is a bedtime and what would happen if we didn't have on.
The pictures looked like I was watching a cartoon.
The story was cute enough for a kid to think it was plausible to cancel bedtime. Only strike I have against it was they mentioned both texting and emailing. Takes away the possibility of "classicness" when technology will probably be outdated in 10 years.
The story was cute enough for a kid to think it was plausible to cancel bedtime. Only strike I have against it was they mentioned both texting and emailing. Takes away the possibility of "classicness" when technology will probably be outdated in 10 years.
Cute little book with some fun illustrations. Though the change from bedtime is canceled to bed time is not canceled was so quick and sudden I thought I accidentally skipped a page. I wish there would have been more transition with Maggie and her brother as to why they suddenly were un-canceling bedtime, because they were laughing and having fun, so I wasn't sure why they would suddenly say bedtime wasn't canceled. Perhaps if they had seemed tired and groggy...but they really didn't. But all in...more
Bedtime literally gets canceled due to a note that two kids wrote to try to their parents gets swept away in the wind Mary Poppins style. (You know what I'm talking about.) It's a comical take on kids not wanting to go to bed. You can't go wrong reading this story before bedtime.
This was a really cute kids book. I will be sharing it with other friends and family. The graphics were really good and matched up to the story line. There could have been a little bit more added to the overall story about what the brother and sister thought about what they had created but was a good read for the target audience. I recieved this book free through Goodreads First Reads.
Bedtime is mistakenly canceled when journalists get hold of an errant paper penned by a couple of kids. The results are somewhat comical - made my daughter laugh - but predictable. Reminded me of a 'human' version of Click, Clack, Moo.
Every child's dream. The turnaround/resolution is very rushed though and the illustrations are not quite my taste. But this has some great connections to information literacy! (How do we believe what we believe)
cute faces. could encourage kids to think about the influence of the media. Hilarious open ended ending and crazy pictures that support the text. some of the pictures included interesting details.
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Love the illustrations that remind me of Pixar films. There were some jolty parts that felt like a few plot-developing lines were left out but an overall fun story.
Love the illustrations that remind me of Pixar films. There were some jolty parts that felt like a few plot-developing lines were left out but an overall fun story.
I think this book is based on some conversation the author had with someone and then thought it was a good plot! Just my thoughts really because this story doesn't make sense!
Cute story about being careful what you wish for! I liked the illustrations, and the found the story pretty humorous. It might be a fun one to read aloud as well...
Be careful what you wish for! - Becky, Youth Services
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This was super cute! My daughter loved that it referenced e-mail and showed people reading on their tablets. Fun book for before bed.
Tongue in cheek fun at news reporters and how they are so eager to report the news. Also fun for kids who don't want to go to bed.
I was just confused reading this book — nothing seemed to connect. One of those books when you reach the end you just shrug and say eh.
This book taught my students that bedtime should never be cancelled and that any piece of crap can be published.
This book is charming and hilarious! Meng's quirky books always hit just the right note for me and my kids.
Maybe 3.5. Cute tale of kids who try to con their parents that bedtime is canceled, and the story makes it into the newspaper, so everyone knows it to be true.... Entertaining drawings of overtired parents buttering dogs and brushing their hair with toothbrushes.
really fun. Saw it on Kate's updates and had to read it. will read it again. don't need to own it.
It's funny, comes full circle and the illustrations are wonderful. My son and I love it!
The boys and I had a fun time reading this. Giggles and smiles all around.
nice, humorous bedtime story, good classroom read, like too many birthdays
I'm tired just thinking about bedtime being canceled.
Nice book for pajama time storytime. Great illustrations.
Everything that gets printed in the paper is true. Right?
:) I... feel... sleepy.... now...z..z..z..z...
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I was born in Walnut Creek, California, the middle child of five kids. Don't believe everything you hear about the forgotten middle child. We have our methods for getting noticed. My siblings excelled at everything academic. I excelled at daydreaming. My parents were not amused.
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