Lili ne veut pas se coucher

Max et Lili #1

by Dominique de Saint Mars

Despite her parents' best efforts, it takes Lily a long time to get ready for bed.

Genres: France, Childrens

43 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1992

About the author

Dominique de Saint Mars is a French author writing books for children and youth. She often writes with Serge Bloch who is the illustrator of all the Max and Lili books.

Reviews

[Manny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Browsing around the marché aux puces yesterday, Not discovered this book, the first in the phenomenally popular series by Dominique de Saint Mars. I have read over fifty of them but somehow never come across this one, so as you can imagine I was curious to see how it all started.

The theme is one that has been done any number of times - cute, annoying kid doesn't want to go to bed and keeps making excuses so that they can stay up a bit longer - and to be honest I didn't think it was the strongest example I'd seen in this genre. My favourite is still Godnatt, Alfons Åberg, which is better written, better illustrated, and funnier. Looking around, I find this cut-out-and-stick page, which does a good job of summarising the plot:



All the same, the ending here is still quite nice. Lili's parents keep trying to send her to bed so that they can get some we time, but Lili outwits and outcutes them. When she comes back with her final delaying tactic, she finds she's won; Mom has dozed off, her head resting peacefully against Dad's shoulder. In that case, thinks Lili, it's time for me to go to sleep too! Awwwww.

[S · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books are great for beginners French but I needed Google Translate because they use several tenses and there were some phrases I did not know. a fun cute read with interesting illustrations.

They even have discussion questions in the end.

[Linda (un)Conventional Bookworms · Rating 3 out of 5]

How to deal with a child who doesn't want to go to bed? Well here's one answer all ready for both parents and children.

[Jemma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Très mignonne!

[Asouma · Rating 4 out of 5]

c'était c'était bien et j'ai pris 5 minutes à lire 🤣🤣🤣

[Abra Dabra · Rating 5 out of 5]

вот так я доросла до комиксов для детей - носителей французского.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Je parle français trés bien 😵‍💫

[Myriam · Rating 4 out of 5]

D'un accès à la lecture simple, cette collection permet que des petites situations soient bien acceptées et bien comprises par un enfant car il s'y identifie sans effort. Le livre propose habillement des solutions simples et efficaces à l'enfant.
Les enfants adorent!