Baby Bedtime is a 2013 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Emma Quay.
A Kirkus Reviews reviewer was especially concerned with the book's initial wording and wrote that "the cannibalistic opening quatrain followed by a gushingly affectionate outpouring makes for a book that only a certain type of grandparent could read aloud to a very young grandchild.
[1] Publishers Weekly wrote: "Here's a wonderful little lesson in the subjunctive from master teacher Fox (Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes).
... After a few pages of soft-crayoned textures, pastel hues, and arm's-length framing, a visual sameness sets in, though readers should find it soporific".
[2] There have also been Baby Bedtime reviews in Booklist,[3] School Library Journal,[4] The Horn Book Magazine,[5] The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books,[6] Reading Time,[7] Scan,[8] and Magpies.