
Scarry is Richard Scarry's wife) about Little Bear and his father's bedtime routine (or rather their bedtime shenanigans) will likely tickle the funny bone of the intended audience, of in particular young children who might not really want to go to bed and always seem to dream of postponing this in some manner (and of course hopefully also in an amusingly fun fashion, such as how in Good Night, Little Bear, the father pretends to not know that his little son is hiding on top of his head whilst they are playing hide and seek), sorry, but especially Father Bear giving a large chunk of chocolate cake to Little Bear, to his son, right smack before bedtime, I personally do not consider this either all that healthy or a good parenting strategy.įor yes indeed, even though my personal rather negative reaction with regard to especially that chocolate cake scenario in Good Night, Little Bear might perhaps be deemed and seen as a bit overly pedantic, well we also do definitely now know that it is generally not advisable and healthy to consume or to have your children consume rich, sugary and calorie heavy foods immediately prior to bedtime.

Now Richard Scarry's accompanying pictures for Good Night, Little Bear are of course and like always delightfully detailed (almost a trifle overly busy for my older adult aesthetics but young children will most likely simply adore the presented, imaginatively and sweetly rendered, colourfully hued scenes, from Little Bear and his parents to the myriad of diverse objects gracing the Bear family home).
