Bedtime for Bad Kitty

by Nick Bruel, Nick Bruel (Illustrator)

Overview

This new picture book in Nick Bruel's Bad Kitty bestselling series is sure to be a bedtime favorite, complete with a paper doll activity kit!

It's bedtime in the Bad Kitty household but Kitty does not want to go to bed.

She doesn't want to brush her teeth.
She doesn't want to put on her bunny pajamas.
She doesn't want to use the potty.

What she wants to do is:
SING SING SING SING SING
PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY
RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN

Finally, when she runs out of ideas (and energy) and is promised a perfect bedtime story, Kitty gives in...but can she stay awake for the ending?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250749949
Publisher:	Roaring Brook Press
Publication date:	05/11/2021
Series:	Bad Kitty Series
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	160,383
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	AD390L (what's this?)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Nick Bruel is the author and illustrator of the phenomenally successful Bad Kitty series, including the 2012 and 2013 CBC Children's Choice Book Award winners Bad Kitty Meets the Baby and Bad Kitty for President. Nick has also written and illustrated popular picture books, including A Wonderful Year and Little Red Bird. Nick lives with his wife and daughter in Westchester, New York.

Editorial Reviews

2021-03-17
Will Bad Kitty ever get to bed?

Bad Kitty does not like bedtime. She has other plans. It is time to sleep, though, and she has to go through the motions. “Please brush your teeth, Kitty,” her owner presumably begs. But “Kitty does not want to brush her teeth. Kitty wants to… / PLAY!” PLAY! is repeated six times as Kitty—in eight different views—frantically tussles with a ball of yarn. Her owner gamely persists: “If you brush your teeth right now then there will be enough time for us to read a story together.” Well, Kitty does want to hear a story, so she brushes. Next, it’s time to potty…but Kitty does not want to potty; she wants to sing! Cue another double-page spread full of manically singing iterations of Kitty. But she needs to potty or no time for a story, so she potties. She’d rather not put on her pajamas either, but that story hinges on putting on pajamas, so she finally does. However, just as her favorite story (about a beautiful princess who also hates bedtime) starts…Kitty falls asleep. Bruel’s beloved bad puss does a fine stand-in for toddlers reluctant for bed in this short and silly invitation to snooze (with paper doll included). Fans and reluctant sleepers alike will enjoy Kitty’s most recent outing. (This book was reviewed digitally with 9-by-18-inch double-page spreads viewed at 84% of actual size.)

A fine and funny addition to any bedtime repertoire. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews