Sleepy Bird

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 3, 2018

Review

The ever-emotional, high maintenance Bird is back in this fourth book about sleep or as bird is finding, not sleeping. Bird is not tired. He goes to fox who offers a snuggle of his blanket. Bird goes to Beaver, who suggests reading a book (warning major product placement of the other bird books). Rabbit offers Bird his stuffed cat. "Are you trying to give me nightmares?" reacts Bird. Raccoon suggests singing a soft lullaby and Sheep suggests the obvious. When none of these work for him he runs into the forest and has the customary meltdown. His faithful friends come to put him to sleep (which works only for a few minutes). Although parents who have a bird in their household may choose this for the commensurate humor, this one seems to lack the charm of Bird's bad attitude that the first book in the series provides. In the bold black-stroked illustrations and dusty purple color scheme, Bird seems to read more irritable and unrelenting than usual.

Overall Book Score: fair