One More Hug For Madison
PreS—A young mouse gets ready for bed, but can't fall asleep. On subsequent pages, she begs her mother for, among other things, a drink, another blanket, a doll, and, finally, one more hug. Her exhausted mother obediently answers all these requests, and then falls asleep. Church's cartoons in collage, paint, and ink in muted earth tones on textured papers are appropriately cozy and snug. However, while children will identify with Madison's multiple bedtime requests and difficulties falling asleep, the resolution here is unsatisfying. Parents may find the ending funny and ironic, but children will not. The last page leaves Madison still anxiously wide awake, and the comforting ending necessary in bedtime books for young children is lost in the night.—Rachel G. Payne, Brooklyn Public Library, NYCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.