Kind of an odd book. It's a collection of short, simple stories. Easily understood but lacking the contemplative air I was expecting.

This book did not measure up to my expectation. Perhaps because it was originally written in German, but I am not sure. Fox and Rabbit were cute enough characters and they got into some situations, but the actual stories themselves varied. Some of the longer ones sounded promising, then just sort of ended. The very short ones really said nothing at all. This is not a book that I would recommend.

“Good Night, Sleep Tight” will be good for fans of Winnie the Pooh and for bedtime stories.

This book is a collection of short children’s stories. Each just a few pages long. Each story could be its own picture book. A love set with fun illustrations.

I'm a bit disappointed in this set of short stories. The storylines felt disjointed and lacking. They have a lot of potential. The artwork is cute and the characters are likable. It just needs a little more work.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book, which I voluntarily chose to review.

I'm a children's librarian so my bread and butter is finding great children's books. This work, however, really fell short of the mark. More often than not, I was left scratching my head and searching for missing pages as story after story ended abruptly and with no rhyme or reason as to why it ended at that particular point. There were also characters in the book that appeared to have been previously introduced in other works. However, new readers to Fox and Rabbit are left feeling disconnected from the story because we don't have that previous knowledge. Characters in children's works should venture from work to work seamlessly so children and parents can discover and fall in love with them at any point. There are good aspects of the work, however. The illustrations are endearing and the ending is heart-warming. But because the story didn't make sense and doesn't follow traditional story arcs (making it a poor example for children to learn how stories work), this is not a book I would recommend.

Author:
Kristina Andres
Publisher:
Gecko Press
Genre: Juvenile
Rating:
9
Copyright:
March 2018
Sales Url:
https://geckopress.com/bookshop/good-nig
Description of Sales Url:
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Review:
The full title of this picture book is Goodnight Sleep Tight, Eleven-And-A Half Good Night Stories with Fox and Rabbit.
Fox and Rabbit live together in a little house beyond the molehills. In the first story, Fox accidentally locks Rabbit out, and Rabbit ends up falling asleep curled up on the porch, as Fox eats his way through three bowls of pasta and all the sauce in the house, then goes out to find more food. While he's out, Rabbit climbs in through the chimney and goes to sleep in Rabbit's bed which is still warm. When they finally get back together, they don't recognize each other and decide it is because they are covered with night dust, because they went to sleep so late. But they stay pitch black until their visiting friend, Elephant, takes them for a swim in the lake. Trust me. Elephant is the smart one.
The stories are all about the country bedtimes of Fox and Rabbit, and are just the right length and tone for a bed time ritual. Depending on the age of your reluctant sleeper, you might bring a pretend bowl of pasta, raspberries, an elephant, sandwiches, fish, a flock of sheep, and a clock into the bedroom as bedtime props.)
While this book is not exactly Wind in the Willows, it has its charms. The biggest attraction of Goodnight Sleep Tight is Kristina Andres' collection of illustrations, which have a belovedly familiar quality. We would definitely recommend getting the hardback so your bedtime babies will get the full benefit of the picture book experience.

This is a cute collection of stories. I like the simple illustrations style.