Wake Up/Sleep Tight

This flipover board book with an inset clock face explores the things that happen at certain times during the day and -- flip the book over -- in the evening. A very simple idea and in some ways not as immediately appealing as other titles from this author/illustrator. However, our Nursery age children loved it and were particularly fascinated by the clock with its moveable hands. There was some confusion initially as some of the children felt that the characters depicted at different times of the day should be the same throughout the book. The rhyming text is rather twee but easy to remember and soon had the children chanting. The illustrations are in Wilson-Max's inimitable style. This book will no doubt drive a parent mad with re-readings but will probably be a real favourite and it is tough enough to cope with meal times, journeys, and bedtimes.