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""Author and illustrator make bedtime about as appealing as it gets."" -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review) It's sleepytime down in the woods, but not one of the baby animals is ready to go to bed. The bear cubs want to play, the little hedgehogs are hungry, the bunnies are peek-a-booing, and their mamas are at their wits' end! Welcome to a delightful woodland world full of tots of all types eluding bedtime -- until wise Grandma Owl affirms with a story that the time is just right to say good night.

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Author and illustrator make bedtime about as appealing as it gets.

Author and artist make bedtime about as appealing as it gets. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) A cozy tale that provides a soothing transition from playtime to bedtime for bustling babies and toddlers. --Kirkus Reviews Cabban's animals are extremely expressive, from the mischievous grins of the playful bear cubs to the look of utter contentment on Mama Toad's face as she proudly listens to her children sing. An ideal bedtime story. --School Library Journal Her roly-poly animals resemble squeezable stuffed animals...and will have lots of appeal for the sleepy-time set. --Booklist

Author and artist make bedtime about as appealing as it gets. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) A cozy tale that provides a soothing transition from playtime to bedtime for bustling babies and toddlers. --Kirkus Reviews Cabban's animals are extremely expressive, from the mischievous grins of the playful bear cubs to the look of utter contentment on Mama Toad's face as she proudly listens to her children sing. An ideal bedtime story. --School Library Journal Her roly-poly animals resemble squeezable stuffed animals...and will have lots of appeal for the sleepy-time set. --Booklist

Author and illustrator make bedtime about as appealing as it gets. Author and artist make bedtime about as appealing as it gets.--Publishers Weekly (starred review) A cozy tale that provides a soothing transition from playtime to bedtime for bustling babies and toddlers.--Kirkus Reviews Cabban's animals are extremely expressive, from the mischievous grins of the playful bear cubs to the look of utter contentment on Mama Toad's face as she proudly listens to her children sing. An ideal bedtime story.--School Library Journal Her roly-poly animals resemble squeezable stuffed animals...and will have lots of appeal for the sleepy-time set.--Booklist

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Carole Lexa Schaefer says DOWN IN THE WOODS AT SLEEPYTIME was inspired ""by all my friends at Little Friends Preschool who like to play just a little bit longer--even at sleepytime."" Vanessa Cabban (1972-2014) was the illustrator of Dear Tooth Fairy by Alan Durant; Down in the Woods at Sleepytime by Carole Lexa Schaefer; The Best Gift of All by Jonathan Emmett; and several other picture books.

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