Barnes&NobleBestBookoftheYearKirkusBestBookoftheYearPublishersWeeklyBestBookoftheYear4STARREDREVIEWSNikkiGrimes,CorettaScottKingAwardwinningauthor,andacclaimedillustratorElizabethZunon’slatestchildren’smasterpiececreatesanimagination-fueledandanimal-filledjourneytobedtime.“Hasthefeelofanall-timegreatbedtimepicturebook“--TheNewYorkTimesIt’sbedtime.ButMommy’slittleoneisnotsleepy.Hegrowlslikeabear,hequestionslikeanowl,hetosseshismanelikealion.Hehuntsforwaterlikeaslywolf,andhideslikeasnake.Mommyneedstowranglehersweetcreatureinbedsothatthewholefamilycansleep.Fromtigerstosquirrelstosnakes,thelittleboydodgesaroundhisbedtime,untilheistiredenoughtofinallysleep.Hisimaginativeanimalfriendsweavetheirwaythroughtheillustrations,eventuallyjoininghimincurlingupforthenight.Forthoseseekingchildren’sbooksaboutdiversity,thislovingdepictionofeverydayshenanigansissuretobecomeabedtimefavorite.BedtimeforSweetCreaturesisanAfricanAmericanchildren’sbookthatcelebratesimagination,playfulmoments,andthelovebetweenaBlackmotherandchild.“Themother’slovingunderstandingisdemonstratedbyhowsheworkswithherchild’srichimagination,neverslippingintoadmonishment.Assuch,childrenwillengagewiththepajama-cladtot’santicsandbesoothedbythebook’spositivetone.Afabulousinterpretationofaneverydaybattle.“--Booklist,STARREDreview
