Bound To Stay Bound

Booklist - 06/01/2022 Not since The Cat in the Hat threw an unsupervised household into total chaos has there been such a disruptive force on peace and quiet as the weird marsupial creature that stars in this scream-aloud book. The creature, an ungainly blend of kangaroo, anteater, and long-eared rabbit, has one mission: to get you to sleep. As soon as he pulls out his bullhorn and addresses the reader in bold capital letters, the reader knows this sleep coach’s approach is doomed. There are four parts to his program: First, he conducts a Q and A on what would get the reader to sleep, suggesting things like 50 monster trucks and 50 electric guitars. Next, the creature, noticing the reader is still awake, escalates his efforts, exhorting readers to join in a chant of “FALL ASLEEP!” as they look at an illustration of a packed football stadium. Third and fourth, the creature tries magic tricks and, finally, resorts to counting sheep—but these sheep are pursued by fire-breathing dragons. The boldly colored and lettered illustrations are loud and zany in their own right. Guaranteed to produce laughter, not sleep. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.