1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up discussion

The Monthly Book Club read for February 2023 is Bedtime for Frances, by Russell Hoban (1960).

It is available online at –
• Available from Open Library -- https://openlibrary.org/search?q=titl...
• Bedtime for Frances (YouTube – Bedtime Anytime Stories) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAp4h...
• Bedtime for Frances (YouTube – How To Life) –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNTye...

Information about the author and the book is available at --
• Wikipedia (Russell Hoban, author) –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell... a
• The Russell Hoban Website –
http://www.russellhoban.org/

I guess I'm jaded, being a mother and now, grandmother. I think this book, if read to young children would encourage what most parents battle... getting the child to stay in bed. My second child was a horrible sleeper and this battle was real. If I had read this book to her, she would have used those excuses to get up and down.

While I do like the parent's explanations, I don't like the "I want a drink," "can I have cake," and the up and down and up and down for so many different reasons.

Admittedly, I'm probably reading too much into this.