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Staff Pick
Your baby’s best friend returns for bedtime! Though mom says it’s time to settle down, Madeline and Carl have a checklist of activities to take care of before they get tucked in. You’ll close the book inspired to ride on the back of your own dog. Recommended By Rachel M., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Everyone's favorite babysitting dog is back, and this time he's putting the everybody to bed! In Goodnight, Good Dog Carl, Carl tucks everyone in, makes sure all is well in the house, as a Good Dog should, and then settles down to sleep himself. A suggested lullaby is included at the end. This new board book is the latest title from Alexandra Day, author and illustrator of the best selling Good Dog Carl series of children's picture books. With over six-million 'Carl' books in prints, Goodnight, Good Dog Carl is sure to become a bedtime classic for a whole new generation of children.
Review
"Each of Day's colorful illustrations projects a lively activity, and each is filled with delightful humor. The detailed and realistic illustrations can be looked at again and again, and something new is seen each time." Armchair Interviews
About the Author
Seattle resident Sandra Woodward Darling, the creator of the popular Good Dog Carl series of children's books, is better known by her pseudonym, Alexandra Day. She is loved the world over for her sumptuously illustrated series of Carl books, the first of which was Good Dog Carl, published in 1985 it tells the story of a dog named Carl who looks after a baby. Thirty plus years later 24 Carl books have been published, with over 6 million books in print. When not painting or tending her garden she visits libraries and schools with the dog to promote reading and therapy animals.