Bedtime at the Swamp - Kristyn Crow

Illustrator: Macky Paminutan
Published: July, 2008
Rating: 4
Endpapers: Swampy cranberry

I was sittin' by a swamp just hummin' a tune
with the fireflies dancin' 'neath the fat golden moon
when off in the distance was a splashin' sound
so I stood on my tippy-toes and looked around.

This is a fun bedtime story, illustrated for the most part in deep purple/greens- with rhyme, rhythm, and cadence. The expressive of the kids are very cute.

Mom sends a sibling, then cousins, to summon the nameless boy to bed. But when a real monster appears at the next Splish Splash Rumba-Rumba Bim Bam BOOM! he is not as scary as the mom that's now crashing throught the swamp behind him!

A bedtime book in the same genre of Where the Wild Things Are. Fun