10 Minutes Till Bedtime

by Peggy Rathmann

Book Overview

Bedtime routines have never been so hilarious!

At One Hoppin' Place, the countdown to bedtime is about to begin when a family of hamsters arrives at the front door."All aboard!" the child's pet hamster, dressed as a tour guide, shouts, directing them to his bus. It's off to the kitchen for a snack, to the bathroom for toothbrushing, to the bedroom for a story. And just as the child begins to read, the tour guide looks out the window and shouts,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039923103X
• ISBN13: 9780399231032
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.7" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

The last book of the night!

It is simple and counts down from 10 to 1 minute. Very cute for toddlers.

Great illustration

This book does not have a written storyline with it. Instead it is a dad giving a 10 minute warning to his child. The story includes what the child has to do in those last 10 minutes to get ready for bed along with a bunch of hamsters that visit him. It is fun to look at all the illustrations and let my son make up his own story and notice all the little details in the illustrations. What this book lacks in a written storyline, it makes up for with great illustrations. I recommend this book to others.

*Great* book, but get the hardcover vs. the board book

My children adore this book, so we've read it many, many times. They still squeal with delight and laughter. There is so much detail, that you can't help but discover something new with each reading (keeping it entertaining for mom and dad as well as Junior). My one recommendation is that you buy the hardcover version versus the board book. We have both. The board book lacks some of the detail of the original.

A must have for the family...

This book is adorable! I bought it for my 5 month old son. I love these kinds of books that have detailed illustrations that enable you to introduce young children to the joy of reading through the pictures and easy text featured. Peggy Rathmann has sooo much talent in the illustration end. If you're familiar with her other books (Good Night, Gorilla & Officer Buckle and Gloria), you'll get a sneak peak at those characters in here but you've got to look closely. Her books are so fun that even my two-year old daughter enjoys them. She picked this book out to read today several times even though we bought it for her brother for Christmas. Good Night, Gorilla was a favorite of my daughter's, but I think we both love this book even more.

A suberbly illustrated book - fun for parents and kids alike

My twins pull this book out every night for me to read, and it's the one book I never tire of either. The detail of the illustrations is wonderful. Every page has so much going on, that we can read it over and over and find something new. However, there is also a lot of consistency. My girls love to show me the hamster kicking a ball on every page, and know all the quotes uttered by the baby hamster. The text is simple enough ("10 minutes til bedtime; 9 minutes til bedtime". . . )so that toddlers can read it to themselves, but the pictures are exciting enough to interest a much older child (or adult). I would recommend this book to anyone with children.

19 month old loves 10 Minutes... Has to have it!

My 19th month old son loves this book; he'll drag it out for us to read to him at least once a day. And at bedtime you can forget about any other books if he spies this one. It has very little text so you can change the story and comments each time which if oyu've ever read a booka hundred times is a nice option. The illustrations are detailed so you can find something new eachtime but not so cluttered that it's confusing. And if you are familiar with Goodnight Gorilla, also by Rathman, there is a scene from that book in the background of one in 10 Minutes... Bottom line, buy ths book if you have a small child. They'll love it!