My Parents Think I'm Sleeping by Jack Prelutsky

My Parents Think I'm Sleeping

Jack Prelutsky

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · January 8, 2008

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Who it’s for
Fourteen funny, spooky poems find plenty to notice when a child is meant to be asleep.
Themes
Bedtime imagination, Nighttime shadows
Genres
Poetry, Bedtime & Dreams, Funny Stories

About this book

From Children’s Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky and illustrator Yossi Abolafia, My Parents Think I'm Sleeping is the perfect book to get young readers excited about bedtime. This Level 3 I Can Read book is a funny collection of poems about a boy who should be sleeping, but manages to find more than just storybooks and his model rocket kit to keep him awake.

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From reading under the covers to watching shadows dance on the wall, these fourteen funny and spooky nighttime poems show that a child's life begins at bedtime!

Bedtime, Bent Sideways

Fourteen funny, spooky poems find plenty to notice when a child is meant to be asleep.

Come here for

  • Playful verse with a nighttime setting
  • The comic tension of staying awake past bedtime

Expect

  • Fourteen funny and spooky poems
  • A Level 3 I Can Read collection

Where it sits

Bedtime & Dreams83%
Poetry59%
Funny Stories24%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Bedtime & Dreams
  • Funny Stories
  • Law & Crime Stories
  • Media Tie-Ins
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  • School Stories
  • Beginner Readers
  • Imagination & Play
  • Poetry
Authors
Jack Prelutsky
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
January 8, 2008
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Bedtime imagination · Nighttime shadows
Reading lane
Bedtime & Dreams