Don't Wake the Baby Book

As Marvin attempts to tickle his sleeping sibling out of dreamland, an apparently parental voice off-stage warns, "Don't wake the baby, Marvin." The boy's imagination takes over, though, as he persists. The crib becomes a ship with Marvin as its captain, a chair to quell a roaring lion with him as the tamer, a race car with him at the wheel. The noisy and brightly colored adventures continue until Marvin falls asleep--and the baby abruptly awakens him. This hilarious, fast-moving story is told with crisply colored, childlike, expressive illustrations. Marvin's fantastic antics are juxtaposed with his real maneuvers on each double-page spread. Although neither baby nor adult is ever shown, their words appear in dialogue balloons and ring true. Both children and their parents will recognize themselves in this fresh and funny picture book.Read More