Bedtime at the Swamps

Author: Kristyn Crow
Title: Bedtime at the Swamps
Illustrator: Macky Pamintuan
Genre: Picture book
subgenre: rhyming book, thriller
Theme: You should not be scared when you go to sleep, because it is never what you think.
Primary and secondary Characters: Ma, boy, sister, brother, cousins
Date of Publication: 2008
Publishing Company: Harper Collins Publisher
This little boy sits at the swamp humming a tune when he hears Splish splash rumba-rumba bim bam BOOM! Splish splash rumba-rumba bim bam BOOM! He is so scared he takes off after a tree and climbs to the very top. His sister comes to get him for bed and yells to him at the top of the tree. She hears the noise and runs after the tree so she can hide with him. His momma then sends his brother and cousins to come get him, and they also hear the noise and climb up the tree. By the end of the story they were all at the top of the tree. Finally momma gets real upset and comes to get them. She starts to yell at them then she hears Crunch crash tumble-tumble split splat SPLOOM! When they all fall on the ground ma makes them all go home and get ready for bed. As they head home they hear Splish splash rumba-rumba bim bam BOOM! All the way home! The scary noise turns out not to be scary at all.

This book will be good to teach tudents that things are not always what they appear. They might think something looks or is scary. However, once they experience it for themselves they will see it really is not scary.