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Valerie and the Good-night Swing

Next on the bookworm trail is another story with โ€˜good-nightโ€™ in the title โ€“ Valerie and the Good-Night Swing by Mira Lobe. I donโ€™t have any real reason for chosing this one, other than randomly finding it in a bookshop and liking the illustrations ๐Ÿ™‚ The gist Valerie is supposed to be going to bed, but instead she decides toโ€ฆ

Goodnight, Goodnight

Following on from New Blue Shoes, this month Iโ€™m looking at another of Eve Riceโ€™s picture books: Goodnight, Goodnight, first published in 1980. The gist Unsurprisingly, the book is about everyone in a city saying goodnight and getting ready to go to bed. Men, women, babies, children, pets, shops, firemen and policemen are all pleasantly saying goodnight to each otherโ€ฆ