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howtoputyourparentstobed
How to Put Your Parents to Bed
by Mylisa Larsen (Author) and Babette Cole (Illustrator)

Booktalk: No one likes going to bed. And you’re not even tired. You want to stay up and have all sorts of fun adventures! But take a look at your parents. They’re really tired. They’re exhausted. But they just won’t go to bed! Help them put down the cell phones, turn off the TV, stop cleaning the dishes, and go to bed! You might be small, but you can handle this task. Follow the instructions in this book and you’ll have them snoring in no time.

Snippet: Parents are not good at going to bed.
“I have to put in a load of laundry,” they say.
“I need to do dishes.”
“Just one more email.”
It’s one excuse after another with them.
You need to take charge.
Take the plate out of their hands.
Gently close the computer.
Tell them, “It’s time for bed.”

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Cowpoke Clyde Rides the Range
by Lori Mortensen (Author) and Michael Allen Austin (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Cowpoke Clyde is plumb confused. An ad in his favorite catalog says he oughta buy a bike. But why should he do that? After all, he’s got a horse. Still, a bike wouldn’t buck or bite, and he wouldn’t have to feed it. He orders one, and when it comes, he mounts up and sets right off, wibble-wobblin’ down the road. Good thing he’s got his trusty friend Dawg to look out for him. Turns out learning to ride a bike is just a tad bit harder than he thought!

Snippet: Cowpoke Clyde poked at an ad.
“Looky, Dawg, at this here fad.
It says that when my chores are done,
I’m s’posed to ride a bike fer fun.”

Lori is one of my former students!