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Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie
Santa, found it. It was Alfie. Those freaky Swedes. It was a short based on this book. Click on the picture of the book for a preview.'
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PreS-Gr 2-Four-year-old Alfie Atkins does not want to go to sleep. His father assists him in a variety of bedtime rituals, but still the child asks for more. When he calls for his teddy, Daddy does not come, so Alfie goes looking for him and finds his exhausted parent asleep on the floor. He tucks him in and then goes to sleep himself. The book was originally published in 1972 in Sweden, and the stylized art features a palette that will cry out "1970s" to adults (scraps of fabric incorporated into the pictures add an interesting texture to the bold colors). The father smokes a pipe throughout. The old-fashioned aspects of the illustrations are likely to be lost on children. This timeless story features a father-son interaction without unnecessary fanfare, but has limited child appeal.-Genevieve Gallagher, Murray Elementary School, Charlottesville, VA