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Bedtime for Duckling

A peek-through storybook
By Amelia Hepworth
Series: Snuggle Up Stories
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Bedtime for Duckling by Amelia Hepworth is a delightful children's story that follows a little duckling trying to delay bedtime by coming up with various reasons not to sleep. Filled with charming illustrations and playful rhymes, the book captures the warmth and gentle humour of a parent’s nightly routine with their young child.
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Format: Board book
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You might like this adorable children's book if you enjoy heartwarming stories with charming animal characters. Its soothing narrative and engaging illustrations make it a perfect bedtime read for young ones, helping to ease them into a gentle, peaceful sleep.

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Duckling is looking for somewhere to sleep, but Fox’s den is too muddy and Owl’s nest is too high up . . . With clever die-cut pages, this gentle bedtime story will teach little ones about animal habitats as well as getting them ready for bed!

Duckling is looking for somewhere to sleep, but Fox's den is too muddy and Owl's nest is too high up . . . With clever die-cut pages, this gentle bedtime story will teach little ones about animal habitats as well as getting them ready for bed!

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Duckling is looking for somewhere to sleep, but Fox’s den is too muddy and Owl’s nest is too high up...

This charming board book features sturdy peep-through flaps and chunky pages for little hands to explore. With gentle, reassuring text, this is the perfect story for teaching little ones about animal habitats as well as getting them ready for bed!

Bedtime for Duckling is part of an adorable, engaging new board book series. Each book combines soft, atmospheric art with stunning photographic animals and simple text, perfect for soothing even the most restless of toddlers to sleep.

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  • Bedtime for Duckling
    Duckling is looking for somewhere to sleep, but Fox’s den is too muddy and Owl’s nest is too high up... This charming board book features sturdy peep-through flaps and chunky pages for little hands to explore. With gentle, reassuring text, this is the perfect story for teaching little ones about animal habitats as well as getting them ready for bed!...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781801041843

Publisher: Little Tiger Press Group

Format: Board book

Date Published: 03 March 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Little Tiger

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Anna Doherty

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 180.0mm

Height: 180.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 16

Collections

Amelia Hepworth Children's Board Books Children's Books Children's Early Years Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Penguin Books Series: Snuggle Up Stories

About the Author

Amelia Hepworth lives in London with her family and a very elderly sausage dog called Katie. When she is not writing stories, she enjoys spending time with her little boy and daydreaming in her backyard.

Anna Doherty is a Scottish illustrator-author from Edinburgh, based in Cambridge. She illustrates all sorts of things, from science communication to window painting to cards, but is happiest when working on children’s books. She loves mustard yellow, popcorn and dogs.

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