Review - Goodnight, You

Goodnight, You (Piggy and Bunny #4)
by Geneviève Côté
Date: 2014
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Reading level: C
Book type: picture book
Pages: 32
Format: e-book
Source: library

Piggy and Bunny are having their first campout. As the shadows loom larger, Piggy and Bunny playfully imagine scary scenarios and how they might deal with them. It’s all good fun, until Piggy reveals a secret fear. This sweetly humorous story shines a light on ways young friends can acknowledge each other’s worries and enjoy new experiences.

Goodnight, You is the fourth book in the Piggy and Bunny series, which features endearing tales that celebrate friendship and encourage individuality and self-acceptance.

(synopsis from Goodreads)

The premise of this book is kind of cute. Bunny shares their fear about monsters, and Piggy has an answer for what they'd do if they were to encounter one. As this conversation happens, Bunny makes the shadows of a monster on the tent. It isn't until Bunny talks about turning the light off so they can see the stars that we find out that Piggy has a fear of their own.

The pictures look extremely rough and sketch-like, but that seems to be the style of this series (I haven't read any of the other books yet, though, so I don't know for sure). In any case, the simple style works here. The facial expressions are just enough to convey the right amount of emotion, especially when fear is involved.

This probably won't make my list of favourite picture books, but it's still a nice little story about fear and trying to overcome it (with the help of a friend).

Premise: 3/5
Meter: n/a
Writing: 3/5
Illustrations: 3/5
Originality: 4/5

Enjoyment: 3/5

Overall: 3.17 out of 5