Age: 3-4. Every parent knows that bedtime isn't always welcome when small children are involved, and that all of a sudden the little ones in your life find all manner of things to stop them climbing the wooden hill. In Ten Minutes Till Bedtime Peggy Rathman takes a look at all the things one little boy has to get through when he only has 10 minutes to fit it all in. This sparky little book combines unusual illustrations with a quirky take on the bedtime ritual through the eyes of a toddler, counting down minute by minute and cleverly building the tension until finally our hero just has to go to bed. Ten Minutes Till Bedtime is the ideal book for parents who struggle to get their children into bed, and is superbly entertaining for toddlers who will find the dramatic edge to the story totally addictive.-- Susan Harrison .

 

This book is part of a book series called Picture Puffin .

There are 48 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 2001 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Peggy Rathmann was born in Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in psychology. 'I wanted to teach sign language to gorillas,' she says, 'but after taking a class in signing, I realized what I'd rather do was draw pictures of gorillas. ' She then studied children's illustration in Los Angeles. She now lives in California.