The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Edvall, Lilian

The Rabbit Who Didn't Want to Go to Sleep

32 pp. | Farrar/R&S | April, 2004 | Trade ISBN 91-29-66001-7 $$15.00

(4) K-3 Translated by Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard. Illustrated by Sara Gimbergsson. Rabbit, who is "tired, but not VERY tired," keeps zooming his toy cars and ignoring his parents' commands to pack it in. Attentive, cartoonish art follows the familiar domestic drama to its comical conclusion, with Rabbit asleep behind the couch and his freshly awoken little sister ready for action. Only some awkward writing--e.g., the use of "Rabbit" and "the rabbit"--mars the story.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann