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Princess Baby, Night-Night
Poor Princess Baby. It’s bedtime, but she isn’t sleepy. "Time for bed," her parents call. "But I need one more minute, please," Princess Baby replies, again and again and again. After all, there is so much a princess baby needs to do. Pajamas need to be put on, toys need to be put away, the perfect book needs to be chosen, and her beloved subjects need to brush their teeth! It’s a very busy time in Princess Baby’s room. Young readers and listeners will want to climb into their own beds when our pint-sized heroine finally pulls up the covers and goes “night-night.”
Want more Princess Baby? Don't miss the original Princess Baby and Princess Baby on the Go!
Want more Princess Baby? Don't miss the original Princess Baby and Princess Baby on the Go!
32 pages, Hardcover
First published January 13, 2009
About the author
Karen Katz
184 books101 followersKaren Katz has written and illustrated many books for children, including The Colors of Us, Can You Say Peace, My First Ramadan, Counting Kisses and Where is Baby's Belly Button. Long inspired by folk art from around the world, she was inspired to write her first book, Over the Moon, when she and her husband adopted their daughter from Guatemala, and she wanted to tell the story of welcoming Lena into their lives. Katz loves to paint and experiment with texture, color, collage and pattern. Besides an author and illustrator, she has been a costume designer, quilt maker, fabric artist and graphic designer. Katz and her family divide their time between New York City and Saugerties, New York.
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October 22, 2010
This book promotes lying to authority and sleeping with multiple partners.
5 stars.
5 stars.
September 1, 2024
Big trash. Just teaches your kid to be whiny and disobedient. Not in this house. My baby ain’t no princess.
May 31, 2019
I'm really not the audience for this one, but I'd hesitate to read it to young children, too. It's all about Princess Baby (I hope that's a nickname and not the poor child's actual name) and her bedtime routine. She's told by her parents to do various tasks in preparation for going to bed. But she doesn't really do any of them. She performs the tasks on her stuffed animals, and then falls asleep on the floor.
The e-book version I read is really inconsistent. The book is written entirely in dialogue. In the beginning, the parents' voices are set off by italics. But at around the 2/3 mark, that goes by the wayside. I'm not sure why (although I suspect it's just a shoddy conversion).
Some of the stuff Princess Baby does kind of grosses me out. She "brushes" her stuffed animals' teeth, seemingly with real toothpaste. All I can imagine is toothpaste caked into all that fake fur. And then her parents ask her if she's had a drink. Again, she gives a drink to her stuffed animals. (Which is probably for the best. At least now she won't be up in an hour needing to pee.)
The illustrations may appeal to small children, but I found them too simple, a bit garish, gender stereotyped, and a little creepy. (I also shudder at the fact that Princess Baby's parents left her alone with two full tubes of toothpaste. Not only does she make a mess, but the amount of fluoride there is dangerous, should she decide to eat it!)
It looks like there are parts of the illustrations that are glittery in the physical copy. Everything about this book is so stereotypically girly, though, that it's going to have a limited audience.
The e-book version I read is really inconsistent. The book is written entirely in dialogue. In the beginning, the parents' voices are set off by italics. But at around the 2/3 mark, that goes by the wayside. I'm not sure why (although I suspect it's just a shoddy conversion).
Some of the stuff Princess Baby does kind of grosses me out. She "brushes" her stuffed animals' teeth, seemingly with real toothpaste. All I can imagine is toothpaste caked into all that fake fur. And then her parents ask her if she's had a drink. Again, she gives a drink to her stuffed animals. (Which is probably for the best. At least now she won't be up in an hour needing to pee.)
The illustrations may appeal to small children, but I found them too simple, a bit garish, gender stereotyped, and a little creepy. (I also shudder at the fact that Princess Baby's parents left her alone with two full tubes of toothpaste. Not only does she make a mess, but the amount of fluoride there is dangerous, should she decide to eat it!)
It looks like there are parts of the illustrations that are glittery in the physical copy. Everything about this book is so stereotypically girly, though, that it's going to have a limited audience.
October 24, 2009
My favorite thing about this book - I read it to Lola once, and she immediately went to her room and got to work setting up all her stuffed animals with books, just like on one page of the book. It was so cute! I took pictures. And then she took each of the animals and put a little blankie on them like on a different page.
February 8, 2019
This kid is a future Slytherin in the making. She finds loopholes like an expert.
Another cute one that's perfect as a bed time read.
Another cute one that's perfect as a bed time read.
November 22, 2015
super cute like reading it to baby girl
June 13, 2021
Cute book about getting ready for bed. As a mother, I can relate to asking a kid all of the getting ready questions and the kid is actually playing. My kids always really liked Katz's books because they have engaging pictures and repetitive text. I'm not in love with the name "Princess Baby", but that's not really a big issue I guess. Overall, Karen Katz is a great author to use to introduce babies and toddlers to books.
February 15, 2017
not as cute as the original
August 30, 2017
Mommy is worried that this book will make me naughty, but Daddy thinks it will just make me creative!
September 19, 2021
This story wasn’t one that I’d like to read to my daughter. Princess Baby finds loopholes in her bedtime routine and dirties her toys in the process.
February 28, 2022
A perfect bedtime story for your princess.
The cover has texture, we were sad to discover the pages do not.
The cover has texture, we were sad to discover the pages do not.
June 9, 2023
I am crying my mom used to read me books by this author and wow it was still was good as a remember maybe even better.
December 11, 2023
I didn’t care for the narrative on this one but my son LOVED it.
October 11, 2012
The bold colours and illustrations did it for me. I think this would work best with the winding down part of the day, convincing a child it's time to brush up, change into their pyjamas and that it can be !! fun!! It's an exciting book in that way, I can even imagine reading it as one's precious is putting away the toys, brushing his/her teeth, washing their face, changing, getting tucked into bed. Or else at bedtime story proper!
It could work as a storytime but I'm of the thought it'd work best in the familiarity/"homeliness" at home (or else if you're zipping your kids straight home from storytime ... but even then they've got to brush their teeth, etc ... unless people take them out after this ... up to the parents!).
It could work as a storytime but I'm of the thought it'd work best in the familiarity/"homeliness" at home (or else if you're zipping your kids straight home from storytime ... but even then they've got to brush their teeth, etc ... unless people take them out after this ... up to the parents!).
March 14, 2016
This picture book is for the very young. Little girls who are obsessed with princesses will love it. Parents ask a question such as, “Princess Baby, did you wash your face?” The little girl generally does as her parents’ request, but spends much of her time including her stuffed toys in her bedtime ritual.
The pictures are bright, full-color page illustrations. The characters have tiny facial features and happy smiles.
After the little girl falls asleep on the floor, her parents lift her into bed and kiss her good night.
It is a sweet little book to read to a preschooler at bedtime.
For more reviews and bookish things by Bonnie Ferrante go to https://bferrante.wordpress.com/
The pictures are bright, full-color page illustrations. The characters have tiny facial features and happy smiles.
After the little girl falls asleep on the floor, her parents lift her into bed and kiss her good night.
It is a sweet little book to read to a preschooler at bedtime.
For more reviews and bookish things by Bonnie Ferrante go to https://bferrante.wordpress.com/
April 12, 2010
I took this out of the library to read to Natalie because of the princess. We some times kid that she is a princess because we feel like we give her everything she wants (not that she asks for all that much). It wasn't the best book for reading to her at this age. I thought she might like the sparkles, but she wasn't that interested in look at it. The story was cute. It really emphasized the art of not exactly lying through omission, which I'm not sure is a great thing for a children's book. Overall, it was cute.
November 25, 2012
PB 22
This is a very sweet story about a child getting ready for bed. I really like the simple conversation that goes on between the child and the adult. It is very simplified, yet very understandable. The questions that are asked in the story are questions that I'm sure many children get asked every night before bed. This story has value in simply being a good night time read for kids.
This is a very sweet story about a child getting ready for bed. I really like the simple conversation that goes on between the child and the adult. It is very simplified, yet very understandable. The questions that are asked in the story are questions that I'm sure many children get asked every night before bed. This story has value in simply being a good night time read for kids.
December 9, 2014
One of my favorite books to read at night time!
A wonderful book for your little princess as she will be reminded the steps to her bedtime routine!
A sweet story - that shows the love a little one can have for all her snuggly friends - this book is sure to stay a favorite of your little princess.
A wonderful book for your little princess as she will be reminded the steps to her bedtime routine!
A sweet story - that shows the love a little one can have for all her snuggly friends - this book is sure to stay a favorite of your little princess.
February 4, 2009
I confess I love Karen Katz so I have a bit of bias. I love her illustrations. This is a sweet and simple book for very young children about the bedtime ritual - except princess baby does it herself before her parents come in to kiss her goodnight.
April 5, 2014
A wonderful book for your little princess as she will be reminded the steps to her bedtime routine!
A sweet story that shows the love a little one can have for all her snuggly friends - this book is sure to stay a favorite of your little princess.
A sweet story that shows the love a little one can have for all her snuggly friends - this book is sure to stay a favorite of your little princess.
February 9, 2016
This was a cute book. I didn't realize it was Karen Katz, who creates all the fun baby flip books too, until I started reading it last night. It was a cute book. But my daughter didn't like it when we said "shhh" as the baby was going to sleep. lol
February 6, 2009
Karen Katz has yet to disappoint me! This book is really sweet, like all of her others. As always, the illustrations are amazing to me.
February 10, 2009
I like the Charlie Brown-esque way that the parents are drawn so that you don't see their heads until the final page. Also, Princess Baby's crown is very awesome and sparkly.
February 21, 2009
i should be tiring of the princess baby books...but i'm not. love the glittery crown and appealing illustrations highlighting baby's disregard for bedtime.
March 16, 2009
Sweet as sugar like all Karen Katz books--though that's not necessarily a compliment in MY book ;)
October 3, 2009
M&K Loved this book
August 11, 2016
A gift from Nonna in heavy rotation in our house. Someone loves this , despite her mothers (apparently futile)attempts to avoid the princesses.
June 9, 2012
bedtime lessons
August 10, 2012
A good book for a 2 year old that likes to stall. Molly could relate to some of the routines that Princess Baby goes through to get to bed.
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