Snoozers : 7 Short Short Bedtime Stories for Lively Little Kids

by Sandra Boynton

Snoozy Choosers Choose Snoozers a delightful, tabbed board book from Sandra Boynton!

Here are seven different Boynton bedtime stories for little Snoozers * I’m Not Tired * The Big Yawn * Pajamas * Six Sleepy Sheep * Night Sounds * Silly Lullaby
Guided by the colorful picture tabs, children can find whichever story they want to hear. And the next one. And then this one. Okay, now this one. And now this one. Ooo, and this. Oh, please, just ONE more!

We like to snooze in the morning.
We like to snooze all day.
We like to snooze
Whenever we choose—
Snoozing our cares away.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Poetry, Humor, Animals, Music, Fiction

18 pages, Board book

First published June 28, 1977

About the author

Sandra Keith Boynton is an American humorist, songwriter, director, music producer, children's author, and illustrator. Boynton has written and illustrated over eighty-five books for children and seven general audience books, as well as over four thousand greeting cards, and seven music albums. She has also designed calendars, wallpaper, bedding, stationery, paper goods, clothing, jewelry, and plush toys for various companies.

Reviews

[Anna Rollins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Diane Rehm recently did a show featuring Sandra Boynton, and she asked for listeners to call in a recite their favorite Boynton lines; I called in and sang (! I shouldn't sing) all of "Silly Lullaby." For some reason, my recording did not make it onto the air.

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fourth Boynton bedtime book. It's a little longer than the rest in case you have a kid who takes a while to settle down. The first four stories/lullabies are the strongest, with the last three flagging a little as sleep finally nears.

[Dashiell John · Rating 4 out of 5]

This anthology is solid, from the melancholy titular story about animals sleeping their way through life to the insouciant "Big Yawn," in which the author cleverly rhymes "Pteranadon." Though perhaps the quirkiness in the "Silly Lullaby" is a little forced.

[Aneesa]

Can you ever really put a date on when you read a Sandra Boynton book? Every date?

[Bryce · Rating 5 out of 5]

This and Barnyard Dance are Boynton's best books. That's saying a lot. This is probably the best of the lot to prep your kids for bed. Her illustrations are marvelous. Your kids will love it - so will you.

[Kate M. Colby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack borrowed this book from the Oxford Public Library as part of our quest to read all the Sandra Boynton books.

For the longest time, he only wanted to "read" the book himself. He really likes the tabbed sides and pointing out their different colors. I finally got him to let me read it by standing, so that he couldn't snatch it from my hands. Once that happened, he got into the little stories — especially the yawning dinosaur ("Dinosaur tired. Roar!" he said) and the snoring elephant at the end.

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though there are several short stories in this book we always read them all in one sitting. My daughter laughed so hard at this, especially the song at the end, that I thought it defeated the purpose of being a relaxing bedtime book. But we read it repeatedly regardless until we had to return it to the library.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son discovered this at a used book story. Oh myyy! We've sang the "Silly Lullaby" so many times since we bought it a week ago. He's got it memorized and expects us to have it memorized, too. Funny little stories that get read over and over. Not too "young" for a kindergartener.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 3.5-year-old and I love this book, as we love all the Sandra Boynton books. Some of the seven stories are songs that we know from the CDs, and all are quintessential Boynton.

[Melissa Lagerquist · Rating 4 out of 5]

It isn't one of her best books. I can't honestly believe I am giving a Sandra Boynton book less than 5 stars but this one just doesn't live up to the others.

[Owen and Nathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute collection of songs

[David Hernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I still my 20 year old daughter, my sweet zoodle.

[E · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really liked Night Sounds. And did not care for the others.

[Desiarae · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kiddo loves this book. It was one of his firsts.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really cute poems about sleep. reminds me a smidge of shel Silverstein.

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

probably my favorite book of all time

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adorable illustrations as one expects from Boynton. Sweet little rhymes that are easy to memorize for little ones. My daughter's favorite in this collection is Silly Lullaby.

[Kelsie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute book for kids! I grew up reading this book a lot!

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love these. Rose made me read one four times in a row. Each is almost 5 stars for me, and having all seven of them together round it up.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Snoozers is one of our favorite Boynton books so far... So much fun to read for parents and kids. The great part is that it's broken up into 7 short stories. Sometimes we read it cover to cover, and others we read just one story as an encore to our first book.

[Camille Ryckman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book of short stories that are all about bed time and pre-bed time activities.
This is a cute book with tabbed stories that make it fun for kids to chose which story or stories they might want read that night. Each story is very short. Boynton always charms with her illustrations and humorous text.
This hits the skills of print awareness and also work with narrative skills. It utilizes the narrative of bedtime and children are already predisposed to knowing about a bedtime routine, so it is comforting and the situations that different animals go through may mirror some of the issue children are dealing with.
In my opinion this is a book that is best suited for parent to read to children. If storytime is about bedtime or routines then this might work. I like the pictures and kids enjoy the silly animal antics.

[Robert Beveridge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sandra Boynton, Snoozers (Simon and Schuster, 1997)

Seven very short tales from the magical Boynton camp, some of them just four lines long, others straining to fit on two pages (especially with the prolific illustrations involved, as in “Six Sleepy Sheep”). In general I find them quite charming, though the bean isn't quite sold yet; I assume with this one, like most of Boynton's books, he'll eventually come around. Some of these are better than others (my personal favorite is “Silly Lullaby”, which closes out the collection; this will not surprise anyone who knows me IRL), but all of them are up to the usual Boynton standard. You may want to start with other books, but you will eventually want to come around and get this one. *** ½

[Connie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a 16 page board book with seven stories in it. Two of the pages are the table of contents.

The stories are, of course, short. In fact, they are "short short", as advertized!

If your kid has moved past board books and is now well into the world of long books like Green Eggs and Ham or, dare I say it, War and Peace, this one might be a little *too* short short for him or her.

If your kid is in the target age for these books, baby or toddler, then it should be just long enough to hold his or her attention until beddybye.

The stories are typically funny, in Boynton's style. We especially like "I'm Not Tired" around here, and the silly lullaby at the end!

[Drew Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lively kids like to read lots of books at bedtime, and a book with several stories in one is even better.

This was a great collection of seven very short stories, separated by sturdy tabs. We usually read all of them but you could easily pick and choose your favorites. It's sometimes fun and sometimes silly and sometimes calming, with the incredible charm and color that Sandra Boynton's books always have. It makes it easy to read just one more (even though it technically counts as only one book).

[Alicia Evans · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a cute idea! Seven short stories all in one book! Boynton shows us her genius yet again with this book and it's adorable characters. However, there's a lot going on on the page, and I can't help but worry that it just might be too much for really young kids. I don't know how calming it will be to young kids getting ready for bed anyway but it might work as a midday book.

[Terry]

Not sure if toddler or Daddy loves this one more! See more in our review.

[Kerry · Rating 5 out of 5]

An enduring Boynton. Makes me laugh and I especially like the song at the end. This is a tabbed format with about seven bedtime stories, all of them very cute.

I like the format, the layout, the different stories and I wish she had published more than two books in this tabbed format.

[Shala Howell · Rating 3 out of 5]

At first, my daughter flipped through this quickly, and was ready to move on, so I thought it was going to be a bit of a bust. Now she insists on reading it before every nap and bedtime. We especially love the song at the end. My daughter goes around the house singing "Flibbity foo."

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was in the same format as Bob, which was DS's first book. The poems are cute and funny, as always and varied enough to keep interest. I love that the last one in both books is a song with music included, although again probably not the most sophisticated of melodies.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

"go to sleep my zoodle, my fibety fitsy foo. Go to sleep my noodle, it's time to say achoo. The chickens in the bathtub,the closet full of sheep. The sneakers in the freezer are drifting off to sleep. Go to sleep my noodle, my fibety fitsy foo. Go to sleep my noodle the owl is whispering moo."