Goodnight Already!

‘Goodnight Already!‘ Bear is ever so tired. He could sleep for weeks, maybe months. Duck is wired, full of energy, raring to go and looking for a friend to join him. Someone like Bear. So begins a night of Bear trying to sleep, and Duck working to inspire Bear to play. The language, repetition, voices created by Jory John are so natural, that we feel we know these characters. Benji Davies’ pictures are so illustrative. We sense Duck’s exuberance and Bear’s dog-tired weariness.

‘Goodnight Already!’ is a delight. It’s sure to become a title that children choose for bedtime reading again and again and again.