Real life
The Baby Who Wouldn't Go To Bed
Author Helen Cooper
Illustrator Helen Cooper
-
Story
It’s bedtime but the baby doesn’t want to go to bed. He wants to stay up all night. He drives off in his little car seeking an adventure… He meets a tiger and some soldiers and a band of musicians but they are all too tired to play. Will the baby’s mother ever get the baby to bed?
-
Why we chose it
A magical story about bedtime. You can still see the mural based on the story painted by Helen Cooper in our Small Worlds gallery.
-
First published
1996, Doubleday, UK