Good Night, Sleep Tight (Fox book) explained

Good Night, Sleep Tight
Author:	Mem Fox
Illustrator:	Judy Horacek
Cover Artist:	Judy Horacek
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Children's picture book, nursery rhyme
Published:	2012 (Scholastic Australia)
Media Type:	Print (hardback)
Pages:	32 (unpaginated)
Isbn:	9781742832579
Oclc:	785957545

Good Night, Sleep Tight is a 2012 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Judy Horacek. It is about Skinny Doug, a babysitter, who uses some nursery rhymes to help his charges, Bonnie and Ben, to sleep.

Reception

A Booklist review found it "a fun book that will remind parents to pass along the golden oldies".^[1]

Good Night, Sleep Tight has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,^[2] Publishers Weekly,^[3] School Library Journal,^[4] Horn Book Guides,^[5] The New York Times,^[6] Reading Time,^[7] Educating Young Children,^[8] Scan,^[9] and Children's Book and Media Review.^[10]

See also

• Bonnie and Ben Rhyme Again

External links

• Library holdings of Good Night, Sleep Tight
• "Show and tell", Fox and Horacek discussing the process behind creating Good Night, Sleep Tight

Notes and References

1. Good Night, Sleep Tight . Ilene Cooper . Booklist . American Library Association. 6 September 2021.
2. Good Night, Sleep Tight (starred review) . The engaging, economical framing text is memorable and sweetly appealing, sure to encourage little listeners to participate. ... Horacek's simple, solid lines and primary colors are friendly, cheery and almost exuberantly inviting. . 1 June 2013 . Kirkus Reviews . Kirkus Media LLC . 6 September 2021.
3. Good Night, Sleep Tight . This is one of those sneaky stories that starts out slight and unsurprising but is over far too soon. ... The pictures’ visual directness and goofy playfulness capture the spirit of the timeless rhymes and the enviable relationship between the lanky storyteller and his adoring audience. . 20 May 2013 . Publishers Weekly . PWxyz LLC. 6 September 2021.
4. Good Night, Sleep Tight . -Joan Kindig . In the cleverest of ways, Fox has embedded a handful of childhood nonsense verses that beg to be read and said aloud into a fun story about the bedtime ritual. The cartoon illustrations are just lighthearted enough to complement the silliness of the verses. . School Library Journal . Media Source Inc. . 6 September 2021.
5. Good Night, Sleep Tight . joanna Rudge Long . It's a clever way to introduce six old favorite rhymes -- and to model how to have a satisfying romp with small charges and then settle them down. Horacek's illustrations are just right -- as breezy and bouncy as the text and alive with bright, simply applied color. This could be a bedtime favorite, with kids chanting right along. . Horn Book Guides . Media Source Inc. . 2013 . 6 September 2021.
6. News: 23 August 2013 . Bookshelf: Sleep (subscription required). Sarah Harrison Smith . The New York Times . 6 September 2021.
7. 1 November 2012 . Fox, Mem : Good Night, Sleep Tight . Reading Time . 56 . 4 . 19 . Children's Book Council of Australia.
8. January 2014 . Good Night, Sleep Tight . Sarah-Jane Johnson . Educating Young Children: Learning and Teaching in the Early Childhood Years . Early Childhood Teachers Association . 20 . 1 . 47 . 1323-823X.
9. May 2013 . Information, poetry and drama . Scan: The Journal for Educators . NSW Department of Education . 32 . 2 . 92–96 . 2202-4557.
10. 2014 . Good Night, Sleep Tight by Mem Fox . Laura Lynn Byrd . Despite this somewhat jarring ending, the imaginative portrayal of the characters throughout the tale makes this an engaging bedtime story . Children's Book and Media Review . BYU ScholarsArchive . 34 . 2 . 6 September 2021.