Sweet Dreams, Roo

by Catherine Hapka, Elaine Lopez-Levine (Contributor)

It’s bedtime in the Hundred-Acre Wood, but tiny Roo isn’t the tiniest bit sleepy. After Kanga has run out of bedtime stories, their friends arrive to help. Each friend shares a favorite bedtime story until one tale finally helps little Roo fall asleep. This padded board book featuring 7 delightfully illustrated bedtime stories is just the thing to lull your little one to sleep for the night.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

24 pages, Board book

First published January 10, 2012

About the author

Catherine (Cathy) Hapka has written more than one hundred books for children and adults, as a ghostwriter for series as well as original titles, including the Romantic Comedies Something Borrowed, The Twelve Date of Christmas, and Love on Cue. She lives in Pennsylvania.

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kanga can't get Roo to settle down for the night so she recruits the other residents of the Hundred-Acre Wood to tell him bedtime stories. The stories are cute and reflect the personality of the teller. Pooh tells of the land of honey from the Winnie the Pooh movie that came out at the same time as this book. Piglet imagines being brave. Eeyore tells a delightfully sad vignette. Rabbit spins a version of the "Ant and the Grasshopper" that is very pro-ant.

It's very wordy for a board book, but the individual stories provide good chapter breaks if you don't want to read the whole thing at once with your child.

(My Pooh Project: I love Winnie the Pooh, and so does my wife. Having a daughter gave us a chance to indoctrinate her into the cult by buying and reading her every Pooh book we came across. How many is that? I’m going to count them this year by reading and reviewing one every day and seeing which month I finally run out. Track my progress here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... )

[Geoffwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sort of a Hundred Acre Wood Canterbury Tales. The authorial voices are very confusing because some (Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore) are clearly in character but Pooh's story is just about how he's a fat moron so not sure what's happening there. Anyway like Owl's story it is very long and somewhat tedious so good meta narrative.

[Mandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a bit long for my 3 year old, but easier to enjoy if we read one "bedtime story" each night.

[Aarushi Puri · Rating 5 out of 5]

We love this book! It is a lot of different stories combined into one book. Go to sleep, Roo!

[Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

So so good. Short “bedtime” stories told by each character that perfectly encapsulate their personality.

[Maya Rajesh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the book so much! My favorite part is when Pooh told Roo a story.

[Teddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my very favorite books. When I was first born, mommy and daddy read it to me every night to help me fall asleep.

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hapka Happenings #1
Tale featuring Winnie the Pooh side characters is wordy and average.

[Cheryl Gladfelter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a sucker for any and all things Winnie-the-Pooh, and this story filled with stories perfectly in tune with the characters was awwwwwwww

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Roo has become the latest obsession of my 20 month old. He was enamored with Eeyore (still is) for the longest time, but when we select a Pooh movie to watch lately it has been "Roo roo roo!!" So of course I have a Roo book on hand for us to enjoy before bed time. This board book is larger than the typical board book. The size is more of a traditional story book, but with the thick, durable pages of a board book. "Sweet Dreams, Roo" contains bed time stories featuring other characters from the Winnie the Pooh franchise. There is a lot more to look at, point at, and read in this book than the other WInnie the Pooh board books we have.

This book will definitely grow more with him. I can see my son out growing the shorter Winnie the Pooh board books, but this one has enough story elements that, once he's older and sits still for actual reading, I foresee him enjoying for a while. I would recommend the Winnie the Pooh board books to any parent, and this one especially makes a great before bed time one to read.

[Kimmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love love Winnie the Pooh and all his pals in the Hundred Acre Wood. This is a sweet and comical bedtime story. I enjoyed how they all came together to try and help Roo fall asleep when he just wasn't sleepy.