The World Champion of Staying Awake - Hardcover

... an optimistic idea, based on role play: little Stella becomes Mummy - with a trio of insomniac toys, whom she reads to in vain. They are pictured cavorting hyperactively and eventually she gets two down - with one to go, finally, the recalcitrant frog surrenders. It seems we have our conclusion: "So the world champion of staying awake must actually be Stella." But we turn to the last page, where the situation is reassessed in three thankful words: "Or perhaps not." -- Kate Kellaway * The Observer * A fresh take on bedtime ... Glorious illustrations capture the wonderful invention of the story. -- Julia Eccleshare * Lovereading4kids *

Stella really wants to go to bed and have some rest, but her three rowdy bedtime companions – Cherry Pig, Thunderbolt the puppet mouse and Beanbag Frog – are having none of it. They are full of energy, jumping all around the place each claiming to be the World Champion of Staying Awake. But Stella is very good at thinking up ways to get them to sleep. After dazzling imaginary adventures across the sea, on a train and in a Star Ship Balloon we'll see who is really the Champion of Staying Awake.