Review: Dozers Don't Doze by Melinda Lee Rathjen and Illustrated by Gareth Williams

Fans of cars, trains, and construction vehicles will love this bedtime board book about a little bulldozer who won't go to sleep.

All kinds of vehicles take breaks, naps, and snoozes—but not bulldozers! Dozers don't need to go to bed, at least that's what the bulldozer who narrates this humorous book thinks. The self-assured dozer brags that it doesn't need sleep, but gets sleepier and sleepier as it lists all the other vehicles that do need rest: race cars make pit stops, trains stop in their tracks, tractors hit the hay, and more.

The conclusion to Dozers Don't Doze, in which the dozer ultimately dozes, will entertain little ones and please parents; the illustrations of sleepy machines may even lull children to sleep despite their own efforts to resist dozing.

Review

If your child loves all types of vehicles, then this cute board book will appeal to their senses through these beautiful illustrations. For that child who has trouble sleeping, this is a nice message to encourage children how important sleep is. Even though the narrator thinks he doesn't need to sleep, he sees things different as he talks about other vehicles and gets sleepy himself. Follow along this fun story that will hopefully be a bedtime story that they will fall straight to sleep.

This book is 24 pages and is ideal for your baby through 3 years old.

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