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Candlewick Press

Annotation: Not ready to stop playing at bedtime, little Bobo the chimp escapes over and over to play with his jungle friends, but when it finally starts to get dark, he finds himself all alone with no idea how to get home.

Genre: [Animal fiction]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #156074

Format: Publisher's Hardcover

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 06/12/18

Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)

ISBN: 0-7636-9599-8

ISBN 13: 978-0-7636-9599-6

Dewey: E

LCCN: 2018945573

Dimensions: 25 x 28 cm.

Subject Heading:
Play. Juvenile fiction.
Bedtime. Juvenile fiction.
Chimpanzees. Juvenile fiction.
Jungle animals. Juvenile fiction.
Bedtime. Fiction.
Chimpanzees. Fiction.
Jungle animals. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book (Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2019)

In this companion to Hug, Tall, and others, young chimpanzee Bobo would rather play in the jungle than go to bed--at least until "Dark" turns out to be scary. Like the previous books, Play features comics-style panels with limited speech-bubble text and expressive pen-and-ink illustrations. Bobo has pleasantly grown as a character, with an expanding vocabulary and a desire for independent exploration before snuggling up with Mommy: "Bedtime."

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Horn Book (Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2019)

Reading Level: 1.0

Interest Level: P-K

Lexile: BR0L

For the perfect bedtime story, the inimitable Bobo the chimp returns in another book of very few words — and very big heart.

It’s bedtime for Bobo, but the little chimp isn’t ready to stop playing for the day. So he hitches a ride on an obliging giraffe, only to be carried back to his mother when she calls. His mother tells him again to stay, but Bobo can’t help catching a lift on the back of a turtle to see what’s across the pond and on top of a nearby hill. Now it’s getting dark, and he’s all alone, with no idea how to get home. “Mommy!” Every mischievous child who has ever resisted bedtime will take comfort in this lighthearted ode to the bond between mother and child — and the community of friends that surrounds them.

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