Best Before-Bed Read-Alouds - "A little bunny tells his mother all
the things he'd like to dream about while he's asleep" - Scholastic
Parent & Teacher Magazine, 2010 Scholastic - The Best Toys for the
Holiday Season, 2008
When his mother calls for him, busy little rabbit Tad asks if it's
time to . . . race tortoises . . . fly airplanes, or . . . float
across the sea. This sturdy board book adds endless (and enticing)
potential to bedtime. Resource Links
Tad is a "busy little rabbit." At the end of the day, Mother Rabbit
asks, "Do you know what time it is?" In an innocent manner, Tad
replies, "Is it time to float across the sea?" Always ready for
adventure, he continues to offer suggestions: "Is it time to throw
some mud cakes? Or time to be a space pirate? Is it time to fly my
airplane?" Tucking him under his blanket, Mommy Rabbit laughs, "Oh,
Tad, it's just time for bed." He then closes his eyes "to dream of
all the things he wanted to do."
Nicely's stylized watercolor illustrations capture the imaginative
play and portray Tad as a little boy in a bunny suit. The detailed
drawings show Tad snorkelling underwater along with whales and
submarines, racing on the back of a tortoise and balancing on top
of a mountain peak. Child-like scribbles accent each page. A good
choice for board book collections.
Thematic Links: Bedtime; Board Books; Imagination
- Linda Ludke CM Magazine
"Nicely's simple water color illustrations occupy each recto while
the facing pages contain one or two lines of brief text with most
of the book being taken up with Tad's fanciful responses to his
mother's mundane query. While the opening text says: This is Tad.
He is a busy little rabbit. Nicely's art suggests that Tad is
really just a little boy dressed in a bunny costume. Though Tad's
replies have staved off bed for a few minutes, he apparently does
not mind going to bed as he sees the contents of his replies to his
mother as being the stuff of that night's dreams. Obviously meant
as a before bed or nap time read, Bedtime for Tad is a worthy home
purchase as well as being a title that belongs in libraries serving
the toddler crowd."
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