The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Dodds, Dayle Ann

The Prince Won't Go to Bed!

32 pp. | Farrar/Kroupa | November, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-36108-2 $16.00

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker. A castle is thrown into turmoil at the prince's bedtime. Nothing helps, until finally his sister discovers what he needs: a good-night kiss. Dodds's bouncy rhymes are fun to read aloud; her page turns are propulsive; and the cumulative structure builds satisfyingly. Brooker's expansive multimedia collages, full of movement and amusing detail, extend the sense of growing chaos.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2008