Nap Time for Kitty (Hello Genius)

My son loves these books but in my opinion this one kinda gave suggestion on not listening when the parent says it's time to do something.

Our household consists of 11 cats, 2 dogs, and a 14-month-old who thinks that his "tees" and "woof woofs" are pretty much the best things ever. So when little dude started getting difficult to put down for his naps, this book was a no brainer.Little dude already owned and enjoyed other Hello Genius books, so we were really surprised by the size of this one. All of his other Hello Genius books measure about 5" x 5". The copy of Nap Time for Kitty we received measures more like 8" x 8". It's not exactly intended "for little hands" at this size, but the text and pictures are nice and big. Our little guy likes to lay on his back, holding the book over his head, checking out the illustrations. If you own other Hello Genius books, you'll find that the pictures and text / story are consistent with other books in this series. The animal characters in this book are simple and cartoony, adorable and easily recognized as cats. The adult cat is referred to as "Mama", but the young cat is simply referred to as "kitty", not by a name or with any gendered pronoun. The short simple story establishes a pattern, with Mama cat telling her young "kitty" that it's time for a nap and kitty replying "I'm not sleepy now. MEOW!" as s/he frolicks off to make more mischief. Each time, Mama cat tidies up her little kitty and reminds little kitty that it's time for a nap, until finally, on the last pages, little kitty curls up in bed, saying "I'm not sleepy...Purrrrrr.", and drifting off to sleep.Obviously we read this book to our son when we're trying to get him to take a nap. Sometimes we'll read it to him 3 or 4 times before he decides to get comfy and doze off. Sometimes he takes it from us to look at the pictures. And he enjoys this book outside of nap time, too. Sometimes he'll go rummaging through books exclaiming "Tees! Tees!" (his abbreviation for "kitties"), and we always know exactly which book he's looking for. It's quickly become one of his favorites, for helping him settle into a much needed nap, but also just for fun.

I gave this two stars because I recognize not everyone will have the same experience. That said, this book caused my son to take a giant step backwards in settling down for bedtime or naps. Now when naptime comes around he just pretends to be a kitty and says "I'm not sleepy now. MEOW!" This is not a fun new game.For those who haven't read it, in the story the parent cat tells the child cat multiple times that it's time to sleep, and multiple times the child cat runs off saying they're not sleepy. Not a good thing to model for toddlers. The ending does feature the child cat happily falling asleep, but I don't think most toddlers are quite at the "moral of the story" level to really understand what the overall point is.

He carries it around our classroom. It is the first and pretty much only book he carries around. I am using to teach him about concepts of print.

My son loves this book! He even sleeps with it for naps, and sometimes at night.

Yes, that's right, its propaganda for babies. Go to nap time, it's so good for you! Look, the book says napping is great! Kitty approved.Met with skepticism by a smart toddler who picked the book up and analyzed it slowly.And then fell asleep.

My daughter loves this book! She makes me read it at least 10 times in a row and loves the purring at the end. It's a cute book.

read this before every nap. Our baby started loving these books from 2 weeks old. I am not kidding! The lessons are for an older child, but why not start teaching early. These books are colorful and simple. They are great lessons. He is 5 month old now and this one we read every nap. Little Monkey Calms Down is is other favorite. All you have to say is "Poor Little Monkey" or "Kitty, where are you..." and he gives a huge smile. LOVE these books!

The media could not be loaded.  This book is cute with nice pictures and colours. It is especially cute if you have cats at home. It will definitely be part of our nap time stories.

My 2-month-old actually enjoys this believe it or not. I replace some words by her name which she coos at. Love this. I’ll definitely buy more. It’s great quality.

Cute book!

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