Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
It Is Not Time for Sleeping
Lisa Graff · 2016
83/100
👍 Worth It
Lisa Graff's cumulative bedtime structure is deceptively simple and works beautifully — each protest from the boy mirrors real toddler bedtime behavior while Lauren Castillo's deepening night-sky illustrations do quiet, elegant work tracking time. The starred Publishers Weekly review and Wall Street Journal pick are not hyperbole; this is a picture book that does its one job exceptionally well. Brief by design, but that brevity is the point.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety98
substance72
craft88
originality68
accuracy85
hype65
age-fit95
human-eye88
Penny’s verdict83
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