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The Boy Who Wouldn't Go to Bed

by Helen Cooper · 1996

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The author of Bear Under the Stairs and Little Monster Did It! presents a story that features a delightful new spin on the age-old fuss over bedtime. Determined to stay up all night, the young hero tries to ward off his mother by zooming his little car around the mysterious land of his twilit house. Full color.

Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 32 pages

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