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Lädt ... Gute Nacht, Willi Wiberg (1972)von Gunilla Bergström
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Four-year-old Alfie Atkins doesn't want to go to bed. Lucky for him, Daddy is taking care of all of Alfie's bedtime needs. But Alfie won't sleep, and it isn't long before he succeeds in tiring poor Daddy. Full color. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This charming bedtime story, originally published in 1972, reminds me of an interesting conversation I had with some Swedish vacationers a few years back, in a pub in Caherciveen, on the west coast of Ireland. They had a six-year-old with them, and she had run riot all evening, until finally falling into an exhausted sleep on the massive window-sill. Her mother laughed, and said that Swedish children were pretty much allowed to do what they liked, on the theory that the school-years would be soon enough to enforce discipline.
Good Night, Alfie Atkins certainly seems to bear out that observation, as patient Daddy runs and fetches until he literally collapses from exhaustion! The centrality of the child's needs and desires is everywhere evident, and young readers will find in this story the reassurance that they are loved, even when they're being something of a pest. Gunilla Bergström's engaging narrative shows a sensitivity to and appreciation of child psychology that older readers will also find appealing. I can't say that I particularly cared for the illustrations, which had a distinctly 70s flavor to them, with their loud colors and rather cartoonish lines, but they weren't enough of a distraction to detract from my enjoyment.
All in all, a most enjoyable foray into a previously unfamiliar children's author, and I thank my goodreads friend Manny for recommending it! ( )