What If Bedtime Didn’t Exist?

ISBN

9781773218687

Publisher & Publication Year

Annick Press, 2024

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Author

Francine Cunningham (Saddle Lake Cree Nation)

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Illustrator

Mathias Ball

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Synopsis

Summary

Follow two siblings through their day as they let their imaginations run wild in this joyful story about all the possibilities a simple “what if” 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’t exist and we could imagine anything we wanted?

Notable Achievements

Joint winner, TD Summer Reading Club 2024; Commended, Purple Dragonfly Award 2024; Joint winner, Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children’ Book Centre 2024

Reviews

Publishers Weekly: "As bedtime begins, loving wishes provide invincibility for more far-out dreams-encouraging readers to lean into their own what-ifs."

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Kirkus: "What if there was a great book about kids’ artful, joyful imagination? Oh, wait: Here it is!"

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