Another is simply to pick a word, such as "bedtime", then picture as many items beginning with "b" as you can, then "e", then "d", then… Well, by then, if my experience is anything to go by, you'll be asleep.
And there, in letters so joyful they nearly radiated off the asphalt, my 7-year-old wrote the words: "NO BEDTIME!!!" and drew a picture of a bed with a big X through it.
After 1963 Blyton's output was generally confined to short stories and books intended for very young readers, such as Learn to Count with Noddy and Learn to Tell Time with Noddy in 1965, and Stories for Bedtime and the Sunshine Picture Story Book collection in 1966.
We didn't, when our kids were young, only read picture books at bedtime.
Three new picture books for bedtime offer very different pleasures for children of different ages and temperaments.
If the Big Bad Wolf or the Wicked Queen aren't frightening enough for your bedtime reading, then a nightmarish picture book from the imagination of Stephen King might be the answer.
Tell your kids a new, make-believe bedtime story, or paint that picture of the beautiful tree in your backyard.
The problem with picture books about tantrums, bedtime, and manners is not that they reflect softie, insecure parenting gone mad.
Nina Planck New York City The problem with picture books about tantrums, bedtime, and manners is not that they reflect softie, insecure parenting gone mad.
For younger children, reading a picture Bible as a bedtime story can help bring some fun into what could become a dreaded time for a child.
