No deep moral lessons, no lectures on behavior, just a lot of fun and a fine way to sneak a little poetry into children's lives. This will probably work better as a bedtime story at the younger end of the 4 to 8 scale; older children, especially American kids, will probably want things explained and defined (such as an Automat, or a shilling). You might even end up out of bed and at the window, pointing out the Big Dipper. I consider those positives; someone trying hard to get a child to doze off might not!

The illustrations are lovely and fun, and the oversized format lets the funny details shine; my only complaint is that this book desperately needs to be published in a hardcover or ringbound edition. ( )

This is an absolutely fabulous book. I don't know why it hasn't been republished in hard back. Our copy is in tatters from being read so often. ( )

This book is a long, long poem about different beds. Beds of every sort are imagined- beds that spurt snacks, go exciting places, or bounce you into outer space. Any of these, it claims would be better than a traditional bed. I admit that I was hoping she would draw the connection to imagining all these things in a regular bed, but children will go for the fantastical aspects of it. ( )