Who said bedtime was hard? Dad’s got bedtime sorted! Lenny and the twins have a bath without water spilling over, brush their teeth without toothpaste spraying onto the mirror, and go to sleep straight after their story. Perfect!
Dad can finally settle down to his dinner. But then come the excuses: my pyjamas don’t match! I’m too cold! I’m too hot! The window is making funny noises! I’m not tired!
From Jimmy Rees, one of Australia’s best-loved comedians and children’s entertainers, comes this this debut book about the bedtime excuses that families everywhere will know all too well.
Having spent a decade on the ABC’s flagship children’s program Giggle and Hoot as Jimmy Giggle, Jimmy Rees has become a household name, synonymous with having fun, feeling good and showing family life as he experiences it.
Bedtime Sorted! is the most relatable picture book I’ve read this year! Having spent many years babysitting four nieces, I’m more than familiar with every excuse that accompanies bedtime; I remember having my own go-to excuse of “I’m hungry” prepared for whenever I heard “bedtime.”
I appreciated how realistically Rees tells the story; it’s not getting the kids to bed that’s hard, it’s keeping them there that is! Award-winning illustrator Briony Stewart vividly illustrates the messy dinners, wide-eyed children, and how a happy dad turns into a very frustrated and tired dad as the story progresses—it’s a hilarious take on the realities of parenthood.
Bedtime Sorted! is the perfect, laugh-out-loud read before bedtime for children aged 3+. Maybe, if you’re lucky, your young ones might empathise with the parents in the story rather than use their own handy excuses—again!
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