Nighty-night, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite. A nightly bedtime refrain inspires a child's adventurous imagination to conjure up ghouls and monsters and vampires, until her father soothes the scene and sleep arrives. The very mention of bedbugs fires the child's sense of imagination, and soon she is busy dispatching the bugs. When the father returns to the room to settle the child, he fails to realisze that his wish for a pleasant sleep only conjures up other creatures in the restless child's mind, this time a ghoul, a monster and a vampire.

 

There are 24 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2003 by Annick Press Ltd .

Bill Richardson is the author of the critically acclaimed young adult novel "After Hamelin," which won the "Silver Birch Award" from the Ontario Library Association in 2001. He has published several novels for adults and is a popular radio host. Marc Mongeau, an award-winning illustrator and graphic artist, has produced over 25 picture books, including "There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen," "Hey Diddle Diddle," and "Dinosaur Duster. " His work also appears in magazines and newspapers, such as "Time," "World Report," the "Wall Street Journal," and the "Washington Post. "