Edward's Overwhelming Overnight (Edward the Unready)

By Rosemary Wells

Edward's parents tell him that because of the snow he will have to stay overnight with his friend Anthony, but Edward finds this overwhelming. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803718837
• ISBN13: 9780803718838
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Dial
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.3" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 2 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

"He is Ready for Cinnamon Toast, Said Edward's Mother"

In this charming story featuring Rosemary Wells's character Edward the Unready. In this story, Edward finds himself unready for an overnight sleepover. He goes over to play at his friend Anthony's house, but a major snowstorm hits, and it's said that he'll have to stay overnight. Anthony's family does everything to help him out, but Edward still isn't ready. So they go to heroic efforts to get them home. This story is great. It reminds me of a "Dragon Tales" story in which Cassie wasn't ready for an overnight sleepover either. She ended up doing a "half-sleepover."

A wonderful book with an unusual and important message

I loved this book and so did my son. It is SO hard to find children's books that say that it's okay to be behaviorally a little different. So many books say it's okay to be different in other ways, but there is not much out there for the child that might be not ready to try new things as eagerly as their peers. Most books seem to tell them to "go ahead, try it, in the end it will be great" but this book admits that Edward was just plain not ready for an overnight, and that being at home was much happier for him. I think Rosemary Wells is one of the few authors out there for young children that truly understands them.