{"id":1849,"date":"2014-12-17T10:58:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T00:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2020-11-13T13:24:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T03:24:49","slug":"b-bedtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/b-bedtime\/","title":{"rendered":"B is for Bedtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/B-is-for-bedtime.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1850\" alt=\"B is for bedtime\" src=\"https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/B-is-for-bedtime.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/B-is-for-bedtime.jpg 650w, https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/B-is-for-bedtime-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/B-is-for-bedtime-150x151.jpg 150w, https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/B-is-for-bedtime-640x645.jpg 640w, https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/B-is-for-bedtime-450x453.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>HAMILTON, Margaret <\/b>(text) <b>Anna Pignataro <\/b>(illus.) <i>B is for Bedtime <\/i>Little Hare,<i> <\/i>2014<i> <\/i>unpaged A$24.95 NZ$26.99 ISBN 9781921894343 SCIS 1650786<\/p>\n<p><i>B is for Bedtime<\/i>, Margaret Hamilton\u2019s first picture book, with its leisurely, rhyming text and its delightful illustrations in Anna Pignataro\u2019s characteristic style is a quiet meander through the ABC on the way to bedtime.\u00a0 From being Awake after tea, the little girl and her Dog progress happily through the bedtime routine, Book with Dad, snuggling in Eiderdown, Gran\u2019s Hugs, Mum\u2019s Kisses, Pyjamas, Teddy, relaXing Under the covers, Whispered prayers to Z&#8230;z&#8230;z.\u00a0 Each letter is presented in upper and lower case, and the vocabulary is full of interesting words, augmented by images to seek and name.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Pignataro\u2019s illustrations are charming, as always, in beautiful pastel colours, employing water-colour, pencil, gouache and collage using vintage fabric and felt.\u00a0 The endpapers are a delight, busy with images used throughout the book on a crisp white field.\u00a0 Beautifully designed, with well-spaced text on an expansive white background, each page has a number of images to find, name and talk about.\u00a0 This beautifully produced ABC book should prove a great favourite from toddlers to grannies.<\/p>\n<p><em>reviewed by Joy Steward<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAMILTON, Margaret (text) Anna Pignataro (illus.) 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