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Summary
A young child has many beloved stuffed animals--at least one for each letter of the alphabet. But as her mother tucks her into bed and she prepares to slip into slumber, she realizes one of her cuddly creatures is missing. Which one could it be? She must recite the alphabet and remember all her critters in order to figure out which animal slid out of her alphabed.
Author Notes
Margriet Ruurs writes children's books and educational materials and has a master's degree in education. Margriet conducts author visits in schools across the United States and Canada and often speaks at literacy conferences. She lives in Shedd, Oregon.
Jennifer Emery is a free-lance illustrator and a graduate of the Columbus College of Art & Design. She is also the illustrator of Christmas Gifts by Susan Heyboer O'Keefe. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 2-In this flight of fancy, a young girl prepares for bed, gathering all of her stuffed animals from A to Z around her. Unfortunately one toy is missing, and struggling to stay awake, she tries to figure out which one it is and where it might be. Each rhyming page furthers the plot while addressing a letter of the alphabet using animals and adjectives starting with that letter. Though sometimes this is a stretch ("Hairy Caterpillar" for H and an unidentified insect called "Queen" for Q), readers get the idea. The plot itself is more confusing. Is this missing creature a stuffed animal or is it from the design on her quilt? The child continually checks each square, but the lost animal that turns up is actually a stuffed zebra that has fallen to the floor. The search itself drifts in and out of the child's dreams, and the cartoon, watercolor illustrations bring animals from the quilt to life, creating more confusion and busyness in the art. Young listeners may enjoy the rhyming words and alliteration, but the story itself is a snore.-Julie Roach, Watertown Free Public Library, MA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
A tired girl forestalls bedtime so that she can go on a fantasy search for her missing stuffed animal. Cutesy, haphazardly rhyming text loosely follows the alphabet (""'Oh no, oh dear, I overslept!' / groans the old owl""). The book tries unsuccessfully to be an alphabet book, fantasy adventure, and bedtime story at once; the exhausting watercolors reflect this overreaching. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.