Nighty Night, Sleepy Sleeps
PreSchool-K–The shenanigans from the comic strip "Dog Eat Doug" continue in Anderson's first book for children. Baby Sophie and her dog spend the entire story raising havoc and avoiding Mom until they finally fall asleep wrapped in sheets on the bedroom floor. Their adventures include racing up and down the stairs, hiding in a closet and under the couch, making messes, climbing the drapes and clock, playing in the clean laundry, and splashing in the sink. This riot of activity is accompanied by a rhyming text that sometimes misses its mark but is always full of energy. Children are bound to chime in on the refrain: "No time for/nighty night,/sleepy, sleeps." The bold and colorful illustrations are full of unique perspectives, and the text is placed in and around them in such a way as to nearly be a part of the art. The facial expressions of Doug and Sophie are quite amusing. This is a fun and quirky bedtime story.—Catherine Callegari, Gay-Kimball Library, Troy, NHCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.