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kellymc03's review
3.0
It was an okay book. Thought it would have been a bit more original. We liked the illustrations .
daisycakesco's review
3.0
While I enjoyed the premise, I found it went on too long and I was unclear WHY the little girl decided to write the second note. The illustrations had an old-fashioned animation feel with a hint of computer illustration.
leslie_d's review
2.0
Here is a picture book that will resonate with most children and their parents–Natalya still groans at the mention of bedtime! and we still voice the reminder with a steely edge. Natalya was and is clever in her push to extend her waking hours, but she never wrote a note to try and pass off as some sort of edict from on high. Although, like the parents in Cece Meng’s story, we would have recognized the handwriting and practiced some common sense.
The children throw the note away, but it drifts out of the window and along to land in the “out” pile of a late-at-work reporter. The announcement makes the headline of the paper and true to the speed of technology, it is called, emailed, status updated, tweeted, texted…And everyone believed it. If there is a moral to be imparted in Bedtime Is Canceled it is just because it is in print…
As word spreads of the cancellation, adults appear more or less out of their minds in a series of pretty silly sequences. Seems that many of the adults can only operate as adults if they get their sleep, otherwise they kinda act like bratty and irresponsible children. Others become just plain goofy, their brains are not firing, and then there is the falling asleep in your plate maneuver. I don’t know if the younger children should or will recognize all the signs and make the connections to their own behavior sans sleep. But the world becomes chaotic enough for another child-written announcement to appear. This time it is hand-delivered to the press. Bedtime is reinstated and there is much rejoicing.
This likely would not have been a bedtime read, but one of those for the day after–only because Natalya could have drawn out the conversation well into the night, exploring all the good reasons and bad for why bedtime should or should not be canceled. One scene the book did not render? Sleepless parents getting scary-cranky and short with their darling off-spring the next day–not something that ever smiling little pixie of a girl would have found all that amusing… and maybe that is a lesson in there for the adult reader.
I was most charmed by Aurelie Neyret’s digital illustrations. The light and shading is close to watercolor. I enjoy her use of shadow, not only for the depth, but the bright rich colors (even in the dark) have another aspect to consider. TVs are left on and toys left out (p 20)…how could that be a bad thing, right? Meng writes some bizarre scenarios in which to entertain her reader and Neyret is effortless in not only rendering them, but bringing a strong personality that is all her own.
L (omphaloskepsis) http://contemplatrix.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/book-late-night-reading/
The children throw the note away, but it drifts out of the window and along to land in the “out” pile of a late-at-work reporter. The announcement makes the headline of the paper and true to the speed of technology, it is called, emailed, status updated, tweeted, texted…And everyone believed it. If there is a moral to be imparted in Bedtime Is Canceled it is just because it is in print…
As word spreads of the cancellation, adults appear more or less out of their minds in a series of pretty silly sequences. Seems that many of the adults can only operate as adults if they get their sleep, otherwise they kinda act like bratty and irresponsible children. Others become just plain goofy, their brains are not firing, and then there is the falling asleep in your plate maneuver. I don’t know if the younger children should or will recognize all the signs and make the connections to their own behavior sans sleep. But the world becomes chaotic enough for another child-written announcement to appear. This time it is hand-delivered to the press. Bedtime is reinstated and there is much rejoicing.
This likely would not have been a bedtime read, but one of those for the day after–only because Natalya could have drawn out the conversation well into the night, exploring all the good reasons and bad for why bedtime should or should not be canceled. One scene the book did not render? Sleepless parents getting scary-cranky and short with their darling off-spring the next day–not something that ever smiling little pixie of a girl would have found all that amusing… and maybe that is a lesson in there for the adult reader.
I was most charmed by Aurelie Neyret’s digital illustrations. The light and shading is close to watercolor. I enjoy her use of shadow, not only for the depth, but the bright rich colors (even in the dark) have another aspect to consider. TVs are left on and toys left out (p 20)…how could that be a bad thing, right? Meng writes some bizarre scenarios in which to entertain her reader and Neyret is effortless in not only rendering them, but bringing a strong personality that is all her own.
L (omphaloskepsis) http://contemplatrix.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/book-late-night-reading/
wordnerd153's review
2.0
This book could be used to teach kids about how information travels or the power of a rumor, but I imagine there are other books that could do a better job of it. The writing didn't flow very well and some of the illustrations, while funny, didn't make much sense.
maidmarianlib's review
3.0
Every child's dream. The turnaround/resolution is very rushed though and the illustrations are not quite my taste. But this has some great connections to information literacy! (How do we believe what we believe)
booksandbosox's review
4.0
http://librarianosnark.blogspot.com/2013/01/picture-book-saturday_19.html
melerihaf's review
2.0
I didn't find it particularly fun or interesting. It was just a meh book for me.
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