Tenley Peck | The Children’s Book Review | January 23, 2015
Time for a Bath
By Phillis Gershator; Illustrated by David Walker
Age Range: 2 – 6 years
Hardback Book: 24 pages
Publisher: Sterling Children’s Books (2014)
ISBN: 978-1-4549-1032-9
What to expect: Bunnies, Baths and Fun!
Time for a Bath is a great way for kids to get excited about taking a bath! It is definitely the perfect book if you are having trouble enticing your little one to into the tub. This book follows bunny through his daily adventures of getting dirty and then describes how taking a bath is just as much fun as his daily mischief! Little ones won’t be able to stop giggling as bunny splashes in the puddles, eats a drippy banana split, paints a picture, and goes to the beach. The repetition of the words “Time for a bath,” creates anticipation and encourages children to engage with the text and story—they’ll be excited about turning the page just to say the words “time for a bath.” This is a great book to learn vocabulary, practice early reading, and showcase how much fun baths can be for little ones.
The illustrations are colorful, simple, whimsical and entertaining. Time for a Bath, is a great pre bath time read for children ages 2 to 6. It definitely makes a positive and impressionable splash about taking a bath!
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About the Author
Phillis Gershator has written many picture books for children, including When It Starts to Snow (Henry Holt), Listen, Listen (Barefoot Books), and Time For a Hug (Sterling). Phillis worked as a children’s librarian for the Brooklyn Public Library and the St. Thomas/St. John Department of Education. She lives with her husband and frequent coauthor, David, in the US Virgin Islands. For more information about Phillis, see http://www.phillisgershator.net/.
About the Illustrator
>David Walker is the illustrator of numerous children’s books, including Before You Were Mine (Putnam), Time For a Hug (Sterling), and Bears on Chairs(Candlewick) to name a few. When not walking his dogs or laughing with his kids, he can be found painting in his studio in Chapel Hill, NC. To see more of David’s work, please visit his website at davidwalkerstudios.com.
Time for a Bath, by Phillis Gershator and David Walker, was reviewed by Tenley Peck. Follow along with our articles tagged with Bath Time Books, Bunny Books and David Walker, to discover more great titles just like this one.
