Good Night, Sleep Tight! Shhh...

by Gyo Fujikawa

Illustrated in full color. "When I grow up, I'm never going to sleep," vows a little boy in this crescent moon shaped board book. Instead, he plans to play all the time...until, of course, sleepiness overtakes him.  

22 pages, Board book

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Gyo Fujikawa was an American illustrator and children's book author. A prolific creator of more than 50 books for children, her work is regularly in reprint and has been translated into 17 languages and published in 22 countries. Her most popular books, Babies and Baby Animals, have sold over 1.7 million copies in the U.S. Fujikawa is recognized for being the earliest mainstream illustrator of picture books to include children of many races in her work, before it was politically correct to do so.

-Wikipedia

Reviews

[Therese Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

We read this one on the fly. Parker had a hard time sitting still, but he did love the chunky shape of this book and I certainly loved the message.

No one really wants to go to bed when there’s fun at hand. But we all need our sleep. Especially babies, moms, and grandma too!!