An appealing bedtime book, this sixth installment of Polly Dunbar's Tilly and Friends picture-book series - which details the playful activities of a young girl and her five animal friends - sees Tiptoe the rabbit exhibiting all the classic signs of a young one who is NOT ready to go to sleep. As Tilly helps her companions get ready for bed, tucking them in and reading them stories, she patiently deals with Tiptoe's wakeful objections. But who will put her to bed...?

Charming mixed-media illustrations, combined with a simple but playful text, make Good Night, Tiptoe an immensely appealing title for younger readers, who will identify with its hero's bedtime shenanigans. Dunbar, who has devoted a title to each of the six friends - Tilly the girl, Hector the pig, Pru the hen, Tumpty the elephant, Doodle the alligator, and Tiptoe the rabbit - appears to have come to the end of her series. I can't say these were particularly involving books for me, the adult reader, but I do think they make an admirable collection of tales for the youngest little listeners, and I did find the artwork quite lovely. I'll definitely keep an eye out for more titles illustrated by Polly Dunbar... ( )

"Hector yawned. Tilly yawned. Everybody yawned, except Tiptoe." So begins the latest tale about Tilly and friends. Hasn't everyone experienced a night when they just aren't sleepy?! Though everyone is sleepy, Tiptoe is not. Tilly tucked the rascally rabbit in, yet Tiptoe is seen on the next page peeking around the corner stating "I don't want to go to bed." So goes the night until Tilly reads a bedtime story. Tilly books radiate a pleasant comfort akin to Mike Inkpen's Kipper the dog books and Mo Willems' friends Elephant and Piggie. If you have not yet met Tilly, book down to your local library and pick one up one of her stories now! ( )