One Dark and Scary Night (LITTLE BILL BOOKS FOR BEGINNING READERS) - Hardcover

Cosby, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 059051475X ISBN 13: 9780590514750

Publisher: Cartwheel Books, 1999

Synopsis

One night, little Bill is positive there are mean things in his closet that are dying to get him, but Alice the Great performs a magical tucking-in trick to save him

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2-This installment in the series finds Little Bill hearing bumps in the night. He runs first to his parents, who comfort him and lead him back to bed. When his fears return, he goes to his great grandmother, Alice the Great, who calms him and teaches him a special way to smooth the covers that will keep the monsters at bay. The story gives parents a successful model for dealing with a nighttime scare, but fails to appeal to a child's sense of fun and imagination. The text is dry and seems intended to comfort adults rather than frightened children. Honeywood's illustrations, however, are bright and interesting. They contain details such as a monster poster on Little Bill's wall, which offers a hint as to the source of his fear. Mercer Mayer's classic There's a Nightmare in My Closet (Dial, 1968) and Martin Waddell's Can't You Sleep, Little Bear (Candlewick, 1992) give both parents and children a means for dealing with the perils of bedtime.
Martha Link, Louisville Free Public Library, KY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cartwheel Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 059051475X
• ISBN 13: 9780590514750
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Honeywood Varnette P.