What If Bedtime Didn't Exist?
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Description
A whimsical and lyrical celebration of imagination and exploration if we simply asked, 鈥淲hat if . . .鈥�
锘匡豢Follow two siblings through their day as they let their imaginations run wild in this joyful story about all the possibilities a simple 鈥渨hat if鈥� can conjure up: What if the monsters in your closet wanted to be your friend? What if all of the dinosaurs were shrunk to be teeny-tiny when the comet hit the earth? And what if bedtime didn鈥檛 exist and we could imagine anything we wanted?
What If Bedtime Didn鈥檛 Exist? places an Urban Indigenous family at the heart of a fun and fantastical celebration of daydreaming, adventure, and play while living in the city. The tenderness and care in this intergenerational home is seen through relationships with all members in the family.
Mathias Ball鈥檚 vibrant illustrations bring each page of acclaimed author Francine Cunningham鈥檚 debut picture book to life. What If Bedtime Didn鈥檛 Exist? opens up new spaces for creativity and endless possibilities into our everyday world.
Awards
- Joint winner, TD Summer Reading Club 2024
- Commended, Purple Dragonfly Award 2024
Reviews
鈥淎 tenderly written, beautifully illustrated story that taps into our creative selves. I can already hear the oohs and awes and giggles, and see little fingers circling around the drawings discovering each 鈥渨hat if鈥� and imagining the imaginings. A wonderful story that鈥檚 going to kick off so many conversations between readers about all of the 鈥渨hat ifs!鈥�. So much fun!鈥�
- Julie Flett, author of We All Play and Birdsong
鈥淲hat if the imagination of kids created the world? Then every day would be filled with the rollicking, bright and sparkling, fantastical, astronomical adventures Francine Cunningham and Mathias Ball give us here. Sign me up!鈥�
- Caroline Adderson, author of more than twenty books for children including It Happened on Sweet Street and Norman, Speak!
鈥淲hat if Bedtime Didn鈥檛 Exist? is a day dream that sings and celebrates the innocence of imagination. Every page is pure cozy magic! I want to live in this book! I love it!鈥�
- Richard Van Camp, author of What鈥檚 the Most Beautiful Thing You Know 91暗网破解版 Horses?
鈥淔rancine Cunningham has gifted us a story for readers in search of adventure in the everyday. What if Bedtime Didn鈥檛 Exist showcases Cunningham鈥檚 writing as expansive as riding with dragons and as intimate as confiding hard feels with ladybugs. For the adventurous and sensitive kid alike, What If Bedtime Didn鈥檛 Exist is guided by two Indigenous siblings with boundless curiosity, who remind us that the true source of our magic is embedded in our own imaginations.鈥�
- Whitney French, editor of Black Writers Matter
鈥淲ith a little imagination the children turn an ordinary day into an extraordinary adventure. Glorious illustrations bring their imaginings to life on every page.鈥�
- Youth Services Book Review, *starred review, 02/03/24
鈥淲hat if there was a great book about kids鈥� artful, joyful imagination? Oh, wait: Here it is!鈥�
- Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/24
鈥淎s bedtime begins, loving wishes provide invincibility for more far-out dreams鈥攅ncouraging readers to lean into their own what-ifs.鈥�
- Publishers Weekly, 01/11/24