Every child has his or her own personal repertoire of rationalizations for avoiding bed, and every parent has a stockpile of counter offensives. In <I>Kiss Good Night</I>, Mrs. Bear covers all the bases: "Hmmmm...Book, blanket, friends, milk...," but her son, Sam, isn't ready. "I'm waiting," he keeps saying. Could there be <I>anything</I> Mama Bear is forgetting? Amy Hest's sweet story, gorgeously illustrated by Anita Jeram in warm, earthy greens, golds, browns, and reds, provides a rhythm to the bedtime ritual that will soon have sleep-fighting tots relinquishing their day to night. The comforting manner of easygoing Mrs. Bear as she comes up against her son's quiet resistance--even while the wind blows and rain comes down outside--is an antidote to nighttime anxiety. A perfect read-aloud from Hest (<I>In the Rain with Baby Duck</I>) and Jeram (illustrator of Sam McBratney's bestselling <I>Guess How Much I Love You</I>). (Ages 3 to 7) <I>--Emilie Coulter</I> Amy Hest http://lakenet.llcoop.org/search/tkiss+good+night/tkiss+good+night/1%2C1%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=tkiss+good+night&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=- 100 2007-10-20T11:37:19-04:00 FOR BABIES! 1275 0763607800