Bedtime for Frances
“Bedtime for Frances” by Russell Hoban is a revised edition published by Festival on October 13, 1995. This children’s fiction book, spanning 32 pages, follows Frances, a young badger who is not quite ready for bedtime despite the clock signaling that it is seven o’clock. As she navigates her evening routine, Frances insists on having a glass of milk and ensuring her parents kiss her goodnight, all while conjuring imaginative scenarios that delay her bedtime.
Readers will find that Frances’s antics resonate with the universal experience of resisting sleep. The story captures her playful imagination as she envisions a tiger and a giant in her room, leading her to engage her increasingly weary parents. This edition features the warmth of full color, enhancing Garth Williams’s original artwork and providing a fresh perspective on a beloved character who has entertained audiences for over three decades.
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The big hand of the clock is at 12.
The little hand is at 7.
It is seven o’clock.
It is bedtime for Frances.
It may be bedtime for Frances, but that does not mean Frances is ready to go to bed — not by a long shot. First she must have a glass of milk and make certain Mother and Father have each kissed her good night (twice). Then she is ready to imagine there is a tiger in her room, and a giant, and…. Each time Frances thinks up something new, off she goes to tell her ever-patient, if increasingly weary, parents.
The familiar delaying tactics of Frances the song-singing badger have delighted fans young and old for over three decades. Combining sympathetic understanding with gentle humor, Russell Hoban created in Frances a character at once immediately recognizable and eminently likable. In this new edition, the warmth of full color enriches Garth Williams’s original artwork, bringing a fresh look to an enduring favorite.
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