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So Tired, So Wide Awake

Name: So Tired, So Wide Awake
ISBN: 9798765663530

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UKLA Book Awards 2026 longlist

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Susanne Strasser - Author

Gecko PressISBN 9798765663530ENGOther22 pages

Choose this for lively participation and bedtime humour; it may be less useful when your immediate goal is settling down quietly.

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At bedtime, Hedgehog, Fox, Donkey, Pelican and Crocodile are exhausted, but one animal after another remembers a last need such as using the bathroom, cleaning teeth or getting a drink and climbs back out of bed. Eventually everyone piles into a child's bed for a final goodnight kiss, before a cheeky surprise sends the routine moving again. This repetitive, onomatopoeic board book uses animals, bedtime delays and a comic ending for a read-aloud story about sleep routines.

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Book Analysis

At a Glance

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Bedtime resistance· ExplainedAnimalsHumour

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Toilet humour

Personalised Fit

Beyond the Cover

animalshumourroutinesrepetition

FictionPicture book

Themes in Context

Bedtime delays and affection

Tired animals keep finding reasons to get up. A child offers goodnight kisses, and a bodily joke restarts the commotion.Exploratory / explanatory

How the book presents it: Delay becomes shared comedy alongside affection. Finding it funny does not necessarily recommend resisting bedtime.

Talk about: What feels funny in a story but frustrating when we are trying to sleep?

Why It May Be Worth Reading

The animals' repeated last-minute needs invite prediction and joining in. Its comic ending makes bedtime routines recognisable, but recognition and laughter are different from a calming sleep routine.

What Deserves Attention

The bedtime comedy includes bathroom routines and a fart joke, rather than being a promise of a calming bedtime experience.

A Conversation Worth Having

What would you remember to do before getting into bed with these animals?

Reading Approach

Invite the child to join in the sounds and predict who gets out of bed next; choose another time if the joke makes bedtime more lively.

Publisher audience: ages 2–5. This is audience guidance, not a measured reading level.

Confidence & Basis

Theme indicators describe how the book presents a topic; they are not a verdict on the whole book or your family's values. Confidence reflects how much book-specific material was checked. Only part of the book information was available, so some details remain unconfirmed.

What remains unconfirmed

Bedtime delays and affection: The source does not establish a moral judgement about obedience.

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Relevant to: Bedtime delays and affection

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