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Back To Bed, Ed (2010)

by Sebastien Braun(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1561455180 (ISBN13: 9781561455188)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Peachtree Publishers

review 1: "Ed loved getting ready for bed...but Ed hated staying in bed..." In this story, Ed keeps getting out of his big boy bed and joining his parents in bed. He keeps them from sleeping well because of his tossing and turning. Ed wakes his parents up every night and finally they get frustrated enough to make a plan. They close their door at night and Dad escorts Ed back to bed. Dad reassures Ed who piles all his stuffed animals in his bed and falls fast asleep.First, I love the wording of this story. "He played games with Dad, clip clop." There are sound words to accompany actions throughout the book. Mom and Dad go through a wonderful bedtime routine to reassure Ed that he is loved. The illustrations are adorable even in their simplicity. My only difficulty was when ... morethe parents yelled at Ed. They had every right to be upset. They were tired and cranky. But I would have liked to see them tell Ed that they were frustrated and that there was a new bedtime plan. Ed, facing a closed door at night, was a bit traumatized. Otherwise mom and dad did every thing right throughout this book. I think a wise parent can modify the wording on this part of the book to make it excellent. The part where Ed snuggles with his stuffed animals is adorable.
review 2: What is it about mice in books that make them so attractive to children? (And why are we generally so keen to trap and kill them in real life?) SB definitely brings out the uber-cute-factor of mice in this endearing, bedtime tale of a little mouse named Ed who would much rather sleep between his mum and dad, much to their chagrin, than in his own bed. There are energetic double-page spreads of solid yellow and other bold colors marking the difference between day and night, then pages with plenty of repetition and onomatopoeia which children can easily copy, and there are illustrations framed in black, of cool, soothing hues in purples and blues. I especially appreciated Ed's ability to help himself deal with his fears (by getting together his little stuffed-animal-people-friends into bed and telling them to not be scared, just as Dad had told him to), and loved the powerful imagery of Ed reining in the dinosaurs that he once feared - riding one through the air with his stuffed-animal-people-friends (the dinosaurs have wings). It's a very loving, comforting story that has balance and a noticeable touch of humour both in picture and plot. less

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