Riley, the little girl whose getting-up routine with her father is chronicled in When Two Get Up, here engages in a bedtime game of make-believe with her mother. As the two engage in their nightly rituals in the artwork, the text imagines how various animals and objects, from giraffes to washcloths, would behave when saying goodnight. Then the narrative turns to Riley and Mommy saying goodnight , with a hug and a tucking in, and concludes with the idea that perhaps Riley will dream about butterflies saying goodnight...

Originally published in Norwegian as Når to sier godnatt, this colorful picture-book is one of a number of titles in author Tor Åge Bringsværd and illustrator Tina Soli's "When Two..." series. It features a young girl and her imaginative games, as she goes about one of her daily activities. Like When Two Get Up, the other book in the series that I have read, I found When Two Say Goodnight entertaining and imaginative. These books aren't going to become personal favorites - they're pleasant, but not memorable - although I'm glad to have read them, given my interest in translated children's literature. The artwork, although not exactly to my taste, is colorful and cute, and well-suited to the story, and I appreciate the use of colorful fonts. Recommended to readers looking for lighthearted bedtime fare for the picture-book set. ( )