10 Minutes till Bedtime
   Peggy Rathmann
  1998 G. P. Putnam's Sons
   ISBN: 039923103X


At 1 Hoppin Place, the countdown to bedtime is about to begin when...a family of hamsters arrives at the front door ready to take the 10 minute bedtime tour.

Even the inside covers are filled with snapshots of Our Family & Our Bedtime Tour. Everywhere you look in 10 Minutes till Bedtime there are hamsters & fun things to read & see.

It is evening, Daddy's reading the newspaper & calls out: 10 Minutes till Bedtime & in the street lamplight you can see them coming!

You open your front door & your hamster, like a train conductor, hurries the tourists aboard your circus wagon & in they come for the Hamsters 10 Minute Bedtime Tour.

Soon it is 8 Minutes till Bedtime & the pace of the tour speeds up as they head into the kitchen for a light snack.

Then it is 7 Minutes till Bedtime & they invade the bathroom. I love your green furry slippers!

And so it goes, I don't dare share any more, this is such a funny, detailed story with the minutes ticking down until that huge, crowded yawn of bedtime.

Lovely, lovely book. Found myself peering at the pages, catching sight of all sorts of curious & fun images.

10 Minutes till Bedtime makes a splendid gift, a great way to use up that final burst of energy our children always seem to get just before they head for bed.

Very well done!

Also by Peggy Rathmann: Officer Buckle and Gloria & Good Night, Gorilla.
From Barbara Bottner with Illustrations by Peggy Rathmann: Bootsie Barker Bites
(06/06/99)

Rebecca