I loved the text in this book. I can imagine it calming and soothing a child who’s anxious about going to sleep. There are rhyming words and alliterations that make the book pleasant to listen to. I loved the idea of all of these animals and inanimate objects cheering for this child to fall asleep and promising to help him and be there in the morning for him.I didn’t like the illustrations, though. The illustrator of this book is the author’s husband. He usually works as an editorial cartoonist, and the drawings in this book felt flat and charmless. This one has a good premise, a familiar premise, true, but a good one. The family that stars in Kate Feiffer's No Go Sleep! has a baby that refuses to go to sleep. It begins,"One night when the stars were out and the moon was bright, a baby said, 'No go sleep!'And the baby's mommy said, 'It's time for you to close your eyes and think sweet thoughts.'And the baby's daddy said, 'Put your head down and fall fast asleep.'"If you're expecting the baby to say "No Go Sleep!" in response, to keep up the fight, the battle, then you may be disappointed (like I was) with the direction this one goes next. For instead of this being a family-focused bedtime battle (or fit), this one goes to nature....yes, nature.For don't you know that the sun, the moon, the stars, a passing car, some birds, some frogs, some bunnies, some sheep, a front door, a goldfish, some shoes, a doll, a teddy bear, a tree, and an owl have a role to play in getting the stubborn baby down to sleep?! Each has something to say, even if it is only tweet, tweet or beep, beep, beep, etc. I found the book to be very strange, very odd. Perhaps if it had only been personifications of nature, of the animal kingdom, talking then it might be okay. Not necessarily for me--but still okay. But to have shoes and a front door, etc.?! Well, it's just too weird for me. The focus of this one seemed to be on EVERYTHING BUT THE BABY. Which I found odd...
What do You think about No Go Sleep! (2012)?
pics are better for a lap book, but the sweet, gentle story is usable for toddler storytime.
—aprilcabello17
Story very on target and I love the illustrations. Toddlers will really relate to "No!"
—lizzy
Illustrations are unique, and the story good. This would be a great bedtime story.
—xtelisa
Nice art, but the story ended a bit oddly for me.
—Tiff
this would be great for baby Myles!
—asdcvbnklpkjhgfd
