Time for Bed's Story is an absolutely adorable tale of how the bed feels when children refuse bedtime. The bed asks the child to consider all of the things that the bed goes through, such as kicking, drooling and smells. It is an excellent and creative way to present perspective to young children...aside from addressing the concrete issue of children not wanting to go to bed. The illustrations in this book are detailed and colorful.

Bed has some things to say! In this charming, clever story, we learn what it's like to be the focus of the nightly protestations surrounding bed time.

Parents will instantly recognize the classic night time excuses and odd sleeping habits of children. Families will enjoy laughing along and can use the story as a vehicle to discuss empathy and how one's actions might affect others. The facial expressions of Bed are sure to produce lots of giggles and beg to be imitated.

Teachers will find many learning opportunities in Time for Bed's Story... perspective, illustrative text, empathy, and writing/speaking prompts galore. What would your bed say about you? What might other items in your house have to say?

I'll be sure to refer back to this story the next time my girls start the delay tactics. Hopefully it softens their resolve and they jump into bed a little bit sooner!

Great illustrations and fun story! The long-suffering bed attempts to reason with its child but we're left hanging as to whether the child ever changes.

Two pages in, and I was soon chuckling at the book. It took a very funny turn and I absolutely loved that. It is always a creative pursuit to look at things from the perspective of a mundane, inanimate object, so i think this book has a lot more to teach kids than what the bed is getting at.
Kudos!

This is such a cute story! I love the art style, and I really enjoy getting to hear Bed's take on things. I am looking forward to reading this in a storytime!

It was a fun story to read. If a bed could talk, then would definitely feel like the bed in the story.

This book is funny because the boy who owns the bed doesn't take good care of his bed because he drools on it and never washes the bed sheets I think.

This is definitely a unique and creative picture book! Unfortunately it didn't really appeal to me, as the illustrations were a bit boring (in my opinion) and the writing didn't flow as well as it could have. Some kids would find this book funny though and it is a bit of fun!

A cute bedtime story for kids that might encourage them to think twice before throwing a fit before bed.

Time for Bed's Story is a sweet and amusing picture book told from the perspective of a bed. This particular bed belongs to a kid who doesn't like to go to bed, likes to jump on his bed, stick stickers on his bed and otherwise abuse the bed.

This was a fun twist on the "please just go to sleep" picture book that all parents of young children wish would actually make their kids just go to sleep. This book would be great to read to kids ages 3 and up.

This book’s dedication includes the title “bedtime champions,” and can I just say? This is a title I’d be honored to have. Bed is my favorite place on Earth, so I jumped at the chance to read this cute, little tale. It’s funny that as kids, most of us hate bedtime, yet once we reach adulthood, bedtime is the goal at the end of the day, and for some of us, we wish bedtime could be anytime.

This little tale is told from Bed’s point of view. Bed understands that kids hate bedtime, but Bed would like to reason with kids and have them consider their feelings once in a while. Bed describes all the activities that children do in and around it that don’t involve sleeping. This is interesting to note, because as adults, bedrooms are for sleeping, but as kids, it’s their spot in the world, their space to sleep, ready, study, play, etc, and that’s super important.

The kid(s) in this book sleep in bed, albeit in the most uncomfortable ways, but they also leave food and dirty shoes underneath Bed, they jump on and build forts around bed, they put stickers all over Bed, and do all sorts of other activites inconsiderate of Bed’s feelings, but there seems to be a kinship between Bed and their child, and that’s cute.

The illustrations are fun, whimsical, and definitely geared toward kids, which I think is a plus. Overall, it’s an excellent choice for a bedtime story, and it was written by a lady who hated beditme herself as a kid, and like me, now loves and relishes in it.

This one is out in September, so keep an eye out for it at your favorite bookstore or local library!

I requested and received an e-ARC of this book from NetGalley and Kids Can Press in exchange for my honest review.

I loved this story; Bed is so cheeky! In this story Bed tells us what your bedtime routine is like from Bed’s perspective. You kick Bed, drool on Bed, steal all the blankets from Bed, how do you think that makes Bed feel? I love the illustrations and the faces that Bed makes.

This book would make a fantastic addition to every bedtime library!

“Time for Bed’s Story” by Monica Arnaldo is a story about Bed’s feelings And how it is being used by a little boy. I thought the story was cute as we can all imagine how Bed feels about being jumped and drooled on by children. I like the use of personification and would you the story to introduce the literary concept in an early elementary classroom.

Thank you NetGalley and Kids Can Press for my digital copy in return for my honest review.

This book was really cute and silly. It would be a perfect read aloud book. The illustrations were my favorite part.

Cute. Would recommend as a read aloud for 4-7 year old, as younger children Matt not understand the tongue in cheek humor.

I found this to be a very cute book that you can read it bedtime with your children the pictures were adorable

Time for bed story by Monica Arnaldo is such a sweet bedtime story. Any child would love this book! This book isn’t just a silly story!

A cute picture book from the point of view of the bed, about the way the child treats the bed at bedtime and through the day. The art was cute and it's definitively supposed to be funny,not teaching a lesson or something like that.

I think Netgalley and Kids Can Press for the digital ARC.

Such a sweet book. I love the concept of having children think outside themselves. This has an underlying theme of empathy. However, in the end, acceptance wins. My 6 year old found this to be laugh-out-loud funny.
Thank you for the opportunity to review this book.

Very funny, clever book told from the perspective of a bed. This is a great story for encouraging kids to respect the home and develop cleaning habits. The illustrations have a delightful vintage quality that I didn't realize I missed so much. Reminds me of the older Golden books, which made me smile.