In bed Frances

It's time for Frances to go to bed. But like all young badgers, Frances doesn't feel like sleeping. A last glass of milk, a tiger to tame or teeth to brush, Frances always has a good excuse to leave her bed... After many adventures and shenanigans, will Frances end up falling asleep? In this album from 1960, Russell Hoban and Garth Williams bring to life a charming family of badgers, confronted with childish techniques to delay bedtime. Each sound heard, each shadow captured by Frances is the support of a nocturnal fear, quickly defused by the child herself or by her parents. The text plays on repetition and the gray and green drawings by Garth Williams depict with great accuracy the emotions of Frances and her parents. An evening story that hasn't aged a bit!