Bed, Bed, Bed (They Might Be Giants) by They Might Be Giants Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Bed, Bed, Bed (They Might Be Giants)
Book Review: Right on Target
Summary: 5 Stars
I married a rabid They Might Be Giants fan, and it took me awhile to appreciate the music. However, I will say I love No! and Bed, Bed, Bed. My 3-year-old son loves it too. He flips through the Bed,Bed, Bed book over and over again while listening to his "Gaints." He loves how crazy and fanciful the whole thing is. I mean who else writes a song about a hippie cat who writes valentines. We can't help but all dance to it, but by the time the cd ends, our boy is settled in with his curtains drawn ready for bed. I think the more times you read and listen to the book, the more you come to appreciate it.Book Review: TMBG rox my sox
Summary: 5 Stars
I am 21 years old and I just saw They Might Be Giants in one of their in-store performance and signing sessions. I'm a huge fan and I have been since I was 12. Yes, this is by all means a children's book, but it's enjoyable for anyone at all. The illustrations are perfectly in tune with TMBG's quirky style. The included CD really makes the book worthwhile, as the lyrics sometimes don't have the rhythm on paper that they do in song. I especially enjoyed The Moldy Peaches' Kimya Dawson singing the title song, as her voice is very soothing. As you listen to the CD and follow along with the book, it's very difficult to not smile and feel like a kid again. I fully recommend this to fans, kids, and those who are looking to see what TMBG are all about.Book Review: A new bedtime fave!
Summary: 5 Stars
Our 2 boys (3 and 7) are big TMBG fans. They love No!, saw the children's show in NYC last spring, and enjoy all the songs on Dial-A-Song CDs. Our TiVo recorded TMBG on Conan when they performed No!/Clap Your Hands - we haven't deleted yet and it's still frequently requested (and danced to!).So needless to say, when we heard about Bed, Bed, Bed we were very excited - and we weren't disappointed! The kids aside, I really love "Impossible" - a great song and wonderfully illustrated in the book. This book and CD are now part of our bed time routine. The songs are perfectly ordered to get things slowed down and everyone ready for slumber (except last night when our 3 year old couldn't stop dancing - note to self: no more chocolate milk at dinner!).
We highly recommend this book/CD and have already picked it out for several holiday gifts.
Book Review: My kid loves it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been a fan since about 1987 so it's great to see TMBG appealing to the "next generation." I took my 4 1/2 yr old daughter to see them last weekend and we bought the book/cd. She LOVES it--likes to look at the pictures while she listens to it, but sometimes we all just dance. I can't get the songs out of my head, either. When we listen to it at night we skip the second song because it's just too rockin' but the drawings are great and it's a good value--4 songs plus a book for the price of a book alone. Can't beat that!Book Review: Love it to have, but not to read.
Summary: 4 Stars
I am an embarrassingly huge, long-time TMBG fan with a little kid who is a recent convert, so I bought a few copies of Bed, Bed, Bed in advance of release. I think Marcel Dzama's illustrations are gorgeous and the songs are fun, but now that I have looked at it once, I feel like it is more something to have than to read. The book is done extraordinarily well, so I am pleased to own it. I almost wish, though, that rather than going for elegance, TMBG had taken the route of the NO! disk and website and made the book zany, over-the-top fun (pop-ups, flaps, dials, push sounds...whatever). Even if that had made it a bit more expensive, I think it would have been truer to the Giants' experience and would have made it nightly reading at our house. I hope the guys go for it again in the future. I'll be first in line.