Featured Book for Thursday, June 16, 2005

CHILDREN'S

Once Upon a Time, The End: Asleep in 60 Seconds
by Geoffrey Kloske and Barry Blitt (Atheneum, ISBN 0689866194, $15.95)


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Every daddy (and mommy) knows that story time can sometimes be a struggle. When it's bed time, no parent wants to scrimp on the "quality" time, especially with something as important as reading to a child. This is the book for that harried parent. Filled with digested fairy tales, every story reminds the child "it's time to sleep."

My favorites include "The Two Little Pigs" and "Goldilocks and the Bears."

Here's a sample of the latter:

"There were some bears;
It doesn't really matter how many.
There was a bunch.
Let's get to the point:
While they were out, a blond girl
Ate a bear's porridge,
Broke a bear's chair,
And fell asleep in a bear's bed.
When the bears came back,
They found her asleep.
She woke up, screamed, and ran home
So she could sleep in her own bed.
Just like you.
THE END."