10 Minutes to Bedtime by Peggy Rathmann - Excellent children's book

Ten minutes till bedtime! Father announces from behind his newspaper. Out a picture window, his son and his sons pet hamster can see a hamster family (with kids numbered 1 to 10) approaching the house. All aboard! shouts the boys prized pet, as his puzzled owner opens the door and the hamster tourists are loaded onto the special trolley. What the humans at 1 Hoppin Place dont know is that their cherished family pet has advertised on the Web (www.hamstertours.com) for a 10-Minute Bedtime Tour, and the hordes have only just begun to descend.

Nine minutes till bedtime, Father insists, oblivious to the burgeoning hamster parade. At the 8-minute marker, the hamsters and the boy are in the kitchen for a pre-bedtime snack. One little guy is standing on top of a fruit bowl, lowering a cherry cluster with a string and paper clip. Hamster number 10 is trying to feed an animal cracker to the boys fuzzy bedroom slipper. Seven minutes till bedtime! reminds Father as creative tooth-brushing progresses. But whats this? Its the 5-minute countdown marker, and the faint light of hamster headlights appears out the window. More tourists are on their way! Buses, trucks, taxis, and golf carts full of rodents are driving up the sidewalk! Hilarious hamster hijinks ensue. If youre not seeing the appeal here, its like this: each spread is turbocharged with dozens of winsome, adorable details that will keep youngsters giggling and entranced--and counting to 10--time after time. Peggy Rathmann, author of the Caldecott Medal-winning Officer Buckle and Gloria, offers readers a rollicking rodent romp that ends with a goodnight kiss and many, many closed eyelids. (Click to see a sample spread. Copyright © 1998 Peggy Rathmann, published by Putnam Books, a division of Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers.) (Ages 2 to 8) --Karin Snelson

Excellent children's book
This is in our Top 10 of children's books, and we highly recommend it for families of kids age 3 and up. Makes a great gift, and companion to Rathmann's other new classic, Goodnight, Gorilla. Helps kids develop the ability to interpret the story visually, without lots of text; encourages counting, I Spy searches...and yeah, it's a hoot.

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