Books with title I Don't Want to Go to Bed!

A resistant Lily discovers that new experiences don’t need to be scary in this engaging, deftly told story certain to resonate with young children.One morning, Lily’s mom wakes up with a sore throat and achy head and needs to stay in bed. But Lily’s dad needs to go to work. Who will look after Lily? When Dad arranges for her to spend the day at Melanie’s house, Lily is none too happy. "Don’t want to go!" she says. Even though Melanie has a friendly dog named Ringo and a funny baby named Sam, Lily is shy and wants to sit under the table with her toy Bobbo. But maybe a chance to make silly collages, or feed Sam lunch, or hold Ringo’s leash might make her feel braver—and maybe she’ll start having so much fun she won’t want to leave at the end of the day! With illustrations that keenly convey emotion through the subtlest gesture, Shirley Hughes mines a familiar situation for its most genuine moments and creates a truly reassuring story for young children.

Hi, I’m Madison. Well that’s what my mom and my teacher, Mr. Wrong (his real name is Mr. Wright), call me, but I prefer to be called Maddy. I’m 9 years old and I live in a small town in the United States with my annoying older sister Zoey, my dog Rupert, and my parents. I go to school nearby. Over the years I have learnt a lot about life and how to handle things at home and at school.This short story is about something that happens every day. Mom wants me to go sleep even though I’m not ready. I try everything: telling her that I’m not tired, reading in my bed after ‘lights out’, playing shadow puppets with the torch and talking to my sister. Well, as you’ll see none of it works because in the end sleep comes and gets me.Approx. 850 words

One little girl just doesn't want to be quiet, until she learns how much fun she can have without making a sound--especially in the library.I don't want to be quiet, I'd rather be LOUD!I want to be HEARD andstand out from the crowd!Sometimes it's hard to be quiet. There are drums to drum and hums to hum, drinks to slurp and burps to burp--so many loud and wonderful noises to make! So when this spunky little girl goes to the library, it's extra difficult to behave--until the entire room tells her to SHHHHHH. It's only then, as she discovers the wonders that live inside books, that she sees how much fun she can have in her own imagination--all without making a peep.In this bright and playful rhyming picture book filled with vibrant, cheerful illustrations, readers learn the joy that is possible when we really stop and listen.

This is a story for children from the ages of three to ten. It is about a little pig that is born somewhat different than any other. Besides not looking like the other pigs, he is made fun of because he does not like to do the things that all the other pigs enjoy doing. He is also smaller than the others and is shoved away from his food. Since he doesn’t like being a pig and doing the things pigs do, he tries to become friends with other animals on the farm. They all reject him, however. Finally he finds a friend and their bond becomes strong. Later, those that rejected him because they thought he was stupid change their mind. The little pig was not so dumb after all, but it is too late for the ones that mocked and teased him. In the end, the pigs that hogged all the food and those that thought they were so smart wish that they, too, were not a pig! When I was ten-years-old, I made a small pen out of several sheets of tin that are normally used for roofing a barn. I held the tin upright and in place by driving wooden stakes on either side. The pen was about twenty long by ten feet wide. In the corner, I laid a couple of sheets of tin on top so it would look like a shelter where pigs could go to get out of the weather. It took a long time for me to build it and when I finally had it finished I was proud of my accomplishment. As I stood there that day, I was wishing I had a pig to put inside. Without a pig in the pen, it didn’t mean much. Soon I myself got in the pen and pretended I was a pig. It was fun, but it wasn’t the same. About this time, my little brother, Bill, who was seven-years-old, came out to see what I had built. As we stood there, I was admiring my great work and thought, “I don’t have a real pig, but perhaps my little brother would pretend he was a pig just for adventure’s sake. Looking over at him as he stood peering into the empty pen, I said, “Get in and pretend you’re a pig. I want to see what my pen looks like with a pig in it.” Bill looked up at me with his big soulful eyes and timidly replied, “I don’t want to be a pig.” This disappointed me and caused me to become angry at him. I had worked so hard on my pen and he didn’t want to even get inside and see how great it was. It was built on the lawn so it had green grass inside. It wasn’t as if I had a mud puddle in it and wanted him to roll and root in the mud or to eat from a feeding trough. I just wanted him to crawl around and maybe grunt a few times to help me enjoy my wish of having a real pig in my new pen. Therefore, because he whined and refused to be a pig, I told him to go back in the house and stay with mommy. My little brothers had no imagination and never seemed to want to do anything adventurous. Recently, as my wife Lilly and I were walking one of our wooded trails, I was telling her about my brother Bill not wanting to pretend he was a pig when we were kids. She thought it was funny. Since that time we sometimes use that line, “I don’t want to be a pig!” Therefore, I decided it might make a good children’s story and that’s why I wrote this book.

Reading is one of the most important skills a child will ever learn. When you read to children, you are sharing an experience that prepares them to learn to read. Jellybean Books have been written especially to be read aloud to toddlers and preschoolers aged 3-5 years old. Every book is lively, colorful, filled with fabulous characters, and priced to please.