- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Children's; New edition edition (Aug 7 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0006646816
- ISBN-13: 978-0006646815
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.2 x 0.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 18 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #794,428 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
A family bed seems like a good idea when Mom and Dad have only one small baby, but as that baby grows, and as more children (including sets of twins and triplets, all with names beginning with "B") are added to the brood, bleary-eyed Dad keeps wondering, "How am I supposed to sleep like this?" Desperate, he makes the biggest bed in the world--"so big, he had to knock down several walls to make enough room for it." When that leads to a comic disaster, he bans everybody but Mom from the parental bedroom then realizes that sleeping ? deux feels "well, a little empty." Dad finally dozes off when everybody is back under the same covers. With a succinct text and tightly rendered, pastel-hued pictures, Camp (Hippo's River Caf?) and Langley (The Three Little Kittens in the Enchanted Forest) gently push the chaotic realities of everyday family life to a logical and hilarious conclusion. Their keen sense of hyperbole never spins out of control: even when Dad's enormous bed crashes through the house's walls and goes barreling out to sea, the story still retains a cheeky ring of truth. Ages 3-6. (Feb.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Baby Ben loves to sleep with his mom and dad, so after the birth of brother Billy, Ben's dad buys a bigger bed. After the twins are born, its back to the store for the biggest bed they have. The birth of triplets leads to knocking down a few walls and building "the biggest bed in the world," but the weakened house falls down and sends the enormous bed skidding down a hill and into the sea. Finally, Dad and Mom provide bunk beds for the children and a double bed for themselves, but the family (parents, children, pets, stuffed animals) still sleep best crowded into one bed. Langley's appealing, pencil-and-watercolor artwork will immediatley draw preschoolers to this warm-hearted family's predicament. Well cadenced for reading aloud, the story has an understated humor that is reflected in the gently amusing details of the illustrations. A good choice for story time. Carolyn Phelan
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Biggest Bed,
This review is from: Biggest Bed in the World (Paperback)
Great service, book was in fair condition. I consider it fair because the book had writing inside the front cover. Otherwise it was good.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great book for cosleeping families!,
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This review is from: Biggest Bed in the World (Paperback)
We love this book. As a rule when reading it, we're all piled in at bedtime together, sprawled all over the place, just missing the assorted pets. It fits us, and it's just good fun.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun to read,
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This review is from: The Biggest Bed In The World (Hardcover)
This book is adorable and fun to read. Dad just can't make up his mind, as more babies are added to the family it is becoming more difficult for him to sleep - he builds the bed bigger and bigger and bigger. The results of having the biggest bed in the world are amusing. Then Dad is hard at work again, bunking the kids in another room only to find it difficult to sleep without them. This is a fun 'snuggly' book full of beautiful illustrations.
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