Review: A fine bed-time story for little children, with extras
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 18, 2013
This is a very nice book for toddlers. Because it describes a situation of a little monster who refuses to listen to his mother, and just won't go to sleep, there are a lot of sentences that express basically the same content: "Mattie, time for bed!" "Mattie, I told you to go to bed a half hour ago!", for example. This way, small children can learn different ways of expressing the same thing, which is very important during early childhood, since it helps them to learn how to speak correctly.Besides: "Mattie Monster" is a character many small children will be able to identify with, for every child has an occasional night when he/she just can't get to sleep, despite what mom might say!In addition to some cute color drawings, the book contains links to resources such as pictures that can be printed out (in pdf form), and then colored in.All in all, a fine story for parents to read their children at night, and one which will not encourage insomnia in your little ones, for there IS a "happy ending" - after a while, Mattie does indeed fall asleep!