Au lit, petit monstre !

by Mario Ramos

Un papa essaie de coucher son "petit monstre" récalcitrant, qui fait traîner les choses, réclame une histoire, a soif, saute sur son lit... Le petit lecteur s'identifie à ce "petit monstre", représenté sous la forme d'une sorte de bébé crocodile rigolo. Cette histoire s'adresse aux très jeunes enfants qui font durer le moment du coucher. Le récit de leurs propres agissements est toujours source d'amusement et c'est tellement bien de se reconnaître dans quelqu'un d'autre. Et puis la chute (visuelle) ne manque pas de piquant. Un incontournable. --Pascale Wester

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Spanish Literature, Fiction

29 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Mario Ramos (1958–2012) was one of Belgium's most influential picture book makers. He was born in Brussels to a Belgian mother and a Portuguese father.

Reviews

[Elfo-oscuro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Le doy 4 estrellas porque a mi hijo de 3 años le gusta mucho. Yo mas de 3 estrellas no le daria por el dibujo simplon

[P. Ericka Infante · Rating 3 out of 5]

La historia nos relata la rutina que siguen un padre y su hijo a la hora de dormir (La madre solo tiene una pequeña aparición), nos dibujan al pequeño como un tipo de lagarto y a su papá como alguien rígido.
Lo acepto.
Me identifiqué totalmente con la hora de dormir que vivimos día a día en casa, y al Sr. Torbellino le causó mucha gracia. ¿Ser padre es sencillo? ¡Jamás! pero eso no le quita lo divertido que es tener a un tú pequeño y pensar "Las que les he hecho sufrir a mis viejos..."
Aunque el padre parece ser una persona bastante enojona, y eso podría ser un punto negativo para el libro como he leído en otras reseñas, creo que es así como los niños nos perciben cuando les negamos la diversión con la tan odiosa idea de la responsabilidad ¿Lo recuerdan? Esos tiempos en que la vida era sencilla, el juego lo era parte de todo y no comprendiamos el motivo de los adultos al privarnos de ella en ciertos momentos del día.
Sin duda un libro que disfrutaran todos los miembros de la familia.

[Chiara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mi sembrano proprio i miei, di piccoli mostri.. Adorabili, quando cercano di strapparci pochi secondi di "giornata" in più..

[Sandra Miller · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute little story about a "monster" who tries to avoid going to bed. Always something getting in the way, kissing mom goodnight, using the restroom, picking out a long book, jumping on the bed exclaiming he is thirsty, asking to kiss mom again. Then finally giving into sleep. One could use this book with kids to talk about sequence of events or ways that the "monster" tries to avoid sleeping (problem/solution).

[boeken lezen (en onthouden) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stoemelings gevonden in de bib, blijkt Ramos aan de andere kant van de taalgrens one of their finest products te zijn. Een topboek.

Simpele plot, bekt lekker, eenvoudige maar goeie tekeningen, spreekt vanaf blad 1 aan, herkenbaar, én fijnbesnaarde humor voor de voorlezende ouder ("encore celui-là? Tu choisis toujours le même... Ce soir, c'est Papa qui choisit un livre, oui?").

Dikke aanrader, of het nu in het Frans of in een vertaling is.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cute story about bedtime. Children and parents will both recognize all the tricks used to delay bedtime a little bit. Two parts of this story struck me as particularly notable.
One, the bedtime story the father reads is Where the Wild Things Are - another story about a little monster boy.
And two, the line "Well? How's that poo-poo coming along?" almost made me laugh out loud! Sadly enough, between my own child and the daycare kids, I have asked versions of that question way too many times!

My Spanish is fairly poor - if I actually read both the Spanish and English, this book could probably help me pick up a few words.

[HeavyReader · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this book out of a free box so I could give it away via BookMooch. I did give it away, pretty fast too.

This book was in English and Spanish. That made it vaguely interesting. Otherwise, it was kind of boring.

Why does the human dad have a reptilian child? I haven't been so confused since meeting Stuart Little.

[Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)]

I can recognize the point that the author was attempting to make with this story but I felt the tone was a bit harsh and the illustrations made the parent seem too angry. I would have trouble recommending this book. I have elected not to rate the book as a result.

[Sophie MH · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun little book about the daily routine of putting your kid to bed - the drawings are a bit too simple but the text is truly hilarious - based on real life experience for sure! in French.

[Rachel Dalton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the best children's book as far as story line or characters, but cute illustrations. I mostly would use this bilingual book as a vocabulary builder for English language learners.

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yes, som elines were LOL, but didn't like the tone the dad was using with the child.