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Good Night, Sleep Tight

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This book was adorable. The pictures were so cute and so was the story. I read this book to my niece and nephew and they both loved it!

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What a delightful book. If it's about bugs and I still find it cute and charming, then you know I'm in! Walking through a nightime rituals, this book is quirky and sweet and pleasing to the eye. Each page is full of little silly illustrations that just add to the story. I especially love the bookworm and the necessity of reading before bed.

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Good Night and Sleep Tight is a super cute story about Dot, a ladybug who checks into the Bug Hotel. After going around the hotel and meeting all her neighbors for the evening, while getting ready for bed, she checks everything off her bedtime checklist. However, she forgot one thing that only her new friends can provide. The illustrations are wonderful and would look even better in person than on the computer.

Thank you NetGalley and Clavis Publishing for the opportunity to read an advance reading copy.

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This is an adorable children's book to help get your little ones into a nighttime routine. It covers all the bases with wonderful illustrations. I'll be making sure my kiddo follows along with Dot as they get ready for bed together.

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Oh. I was all for applauding a book about how we should all, old and young, prepare and settle for bed, but this wasn't it. A ladybird (ladybug if you insist) called Dot enters a bug hotel (cool, those are trending so kudos for that) and greets all the inhabitants and sees to it they're ready for bed, which they are apart from the twist at the end, and for all the problems. One of the critters has a welcome mat that is indoors facing him when he leaves home, and not outside to face the welcome guest when she arrives. Someone "wraps" on a door, in my digital copy at least, which clearly shows what she thinks about the recipients of her presents. Dot then proceeds to barge in on someone having a widdle, so thinks nothing of joining in, and everyone flies off without washing their hands, or feet, or any bloody extremity – and when you have six or eight, or even fourteen as it's a woodlouse involved, that's an even bigger sin.

Oh, and the twist at the end is that none of the bugs are satisfied without barging down Dot's door and giving her a right old seeing to to make them happy and ready for bed. I jest a little – but not as much as you might presume. With the visual craft here this should have been a hit and no mistake, a sure-fire success, a no-brainer bedtime read. As it is it's just creepy, weird, dodgy and wrong. Hence the one star.

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