  | I'm terrified of bath time Author: Rich, Simon | |
| Price: $22.58 | ||
Summary:
A bathtub, who is just as terrified of bath time as the little girl who bathes in him, offers suggestions on how to make the experience better for both of them.
| Illustrator: | Toro, Tom |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (01/15/22)
School Library Journal (00/06/22)
Booklist (03/15/22)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/04/22)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 06/01/2022 PreS-Gr 1—Be a hero to households where bath time is a terror and keep this book on the shelves. This cute and imaginative story personifies the bathtub by making eyes of the hot and cold handles, nose of the faucet, and ears of the shower head. The bathtub speaks to the painful life it experiences each night it hears those famous words, "It's time for your bath." The author does a masterful job giving this object a voice. The illustrations bring the tub and its friends to life, showering readers with colorful images of bath times gone wrong and playful moments of a young child learning to relax and enjoy the water. The juxtaposition of black-and-white pages of the horrors of bath time with colorful pages will make an even greater splash with readers. VERDICT A supplementary purchase. By the end of the story, a joyful child and fearless tub have given readers a refreshing tale with that flows effortlessly into a new era of pure friendship.—Tanya Haynes - Copyright 2022 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
Booklist - 03/15/2022 *Starred Review* For any child reluctant to get into the tub, here’s a unique chance to experience the trauma from the opposite point of view—that is, through the bathtub’s eyes. First, moans the porcelain protester, a “scary giant” comes into the room and “twists my eyeballs.” This makes water shoot out of the tub’s nose (“You would not believe how weird it feels”). But that’s only the prelude to the indignities suffered once a loud, kicking little bather is stripped of clothes and diaper and plunked in. It’s splashy mayhem! “One time you pooped. That was a low point for us both.” In the cartoon illustrations (particularly for that scene), the anthropomorphic features Toro gives claw-footed Tub (and its friends Sink and Toilet) are hilariously expressive. Better yet (from parental perspectives, anyway), if the small, brown-skinned child that Tub is addressing here is willing to sing instead of scream, use suds and bath toys in playful ways, and stop kicking the fixtures, then bath time might even become “sort of fun.” Along with offering a bit of bathroom behavior modification, this is, undeniably, storytime gold for young audiences large or small. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.
