PENGUIN & TINY SHRIMP DON’T DO BEDTIME: Picture Book Activity
Best Users: Librarians, Booksellers, Home Learning
Best Audience: Children Grades 00-01
ABOUT THE ACTIVITY
Penguin and Tiny Shrimp’s escalating set of adventures (voyage through shark-invested waters, romp through the Serengeti, fireworks, and more) attempt to deny the inevitable – bedtime. The book’s surprise appearance by a Uni-Hippo is sending story hour kids into peals of laughter.
With this activity sheet, you can create Uni-Hippos for your readers to discover. The silly Uni-Hippo hat can remind them that bedtime is just one more adventure in a day full of the totally unexpected.
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Penguin & Tiny Shrimp
Don’t Do Bedtime!
By Cate Berry
Illustrated by Charles Santoso
Published by HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN-13: 9780062491534
Age Range: 4 – 8 Years
Penguin and Tiny Shrimp DO NOT have a bedtime story to share with you. There are no soft beds or cozy covers here. There are fireworks! And shark-infested waters!! This book will never make you sleepy. Not at all. Not even a little…
“Ironic counterpoint abounds in this humorous picture book, which sees the eponymous characters rejecting typical bedtime-book activities and accoutrements through speech-balloon text, as all the while humorous, expressive, digital illustrations doggedly present them. For example, “There is no room for toothbrushing and bath time in this book” exclaims Penguin, but a prior picture on the dedication page shows them brushing their teeth after tracking bathwater across the floor to the sink. Yes, the anthropomorphic bird and crustacean have teeth, and that’s just one of the silly elements of this very silly anti-bedtime book. They also declare “there is nothing about big soft beds” in the book even as they jump on just such a bed. In a shift away from irony, they rejoice when fireworks suddenly appear to bolster their anti-bedtime stance. This moment instigates a series of adventures for the pair and an increasingly large group of sidekicks, all resisting sleep as they swing from vines, fly in hot air balloons, and so on. After introducing a “Uni-Hippo” (because, why not?), they insist, “One thing this book will never do is make you tired…This book will never make you yawn,” as the pictures once again contradict the text, depicting the once-boisterous animals yawning hugely and heading to bed. A definite do for bedtime.”
—Kirkus Reviews
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“Penguin’s assertion that “This book will never make you yawn.” He’s likely right: the digital art from Santoso (Peanut Butter & Aliens)—highlighted by comical images of the wide-eyed, open-mouthed title characters—energizes Berry’s tactically understated text, often wryly turning it on its head. A buoyantly subversive antibedtime tale.”
—Publishers Weekly
