Bedtime for Frances (Trophy Picture Books)
by:
Russell Hoban (author)
Famed for her many adventures, Frances made her debut with this title over thirty years ago. In this first Frances book, the little badger adroitly delays her bedtime with requests for kisses and milk, and concerns over tigers and giants and things going bump in the night. Long a favorite for...
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Famed for her many adventures, Frances made her debut with this title over thirty years ago. In this first Frances book, the little badger adroitly delays her bedtime with requests for kisses and milk, and concerns over tigers and giants and things going bump in the night. Long a favorite for the gentle humor of its familiar going to bed ritual, Bedtime for Frances is at last available with the warmth of full color enriching Garth Williams’s original nuanced and touching art. ‘Here is the coziest, most beguiling bedtime story in many a day.’—Kirkus Reviews (pointer).
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780064434515 (0064434516)
ASIN: 0064434516
Publish date: 1995-09-29
Publisher: HarperFestival
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Classics,
Humor,
Academic,
School,
Family,
Kids,
Picture Books,
Animals,
Fiction
In this story Frances tries out all the classic bedtime avoidance maneuvers. Instead of being fun and relatable it all seemed a bit grating. And I can't help but be disappointed that the 'solution' here was the threat of spanking. Now, even though I am personally against spanking, I am not some PC...
Frances' creative reasons to repeatedly get out of bed and bother her parents surely ring true to most parents. I don't remember now what I made of them as a child who had little trouble sleeping and knew better than to wake up my parents.
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