Product Description

Rolie Polie evening--
Olie's almost sleeping.

His Rolie days
are without care,
especially when
Pappy's there.

But where is Pappy?
Where oh,
oh where?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #115514 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-01
• Released on: 2001-10-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 40 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780060296131
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Amazon.com Review
Parents can be forgiven for wondering what it is that appeals about William Joyce's Ping-Pong-headed space hero, Rolie Polie Olie. But read about him and his family to any child under five, and there's no doubting that the attraction of the Rolie Polie Planet is powerful. In this rhyming bedtime adventure, Olie waits for a goodnight story from Pappy (grandpa), but Pappy turns up late and befuddled after a nasty bonk on the head. Olie saves the day by creating a sort of funny ray. (The adult but not the child will be irritated at the inconsistencies here: in one illustration Olie is filling a bucket with tricks and treats, and in the next this has inexplicably become a bubble-gun; equally inexplicably, it's described as a ray-gun.) "Then Olie burst into the room / and with his ray dispelled the gloom. 'I made a Pappy pick-me-up / to help old Pappy ungrow up.'" Shakespeare it isn't, but small kids are better than we are at empathizing with characters whose very souls seem to be made from Ping-Pong balls too. They love it! (Ages 3 to 5) --Richard Farr

From Publishers Weekly
In Sleepy Time Olie by William Joyce, the robot boy waits for Pappy to tuck him into bed. But when Pappy hits his head the man "comes in/ all unwound" and bound for bed himself. Quickly, Olie conjures up a cure that has the once-unhappy Pappy floating in a bubble of fun.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
reS-Gr 2-The robot family introduced in Rolie Polie Olie (2001) and Snowie Rolie (2000, both HarperCollins) is back. When it is time for bed, Olie is used to his special routine: "Happy Pappy, warm and wise,/reads lullabies and hushabies/beneath the sleepy Rolie skies." The little one is worried when the elder robot arrives late one evening, feeling old and discombobulated: "I bonked my head./I just fell down./I broke my smile./I can't unfrown.-My step has not a bit of spring,/my hip has no hooray.-My cheeks do not feel cheeky./My red-letter day has grayed." Olie tries to cheer him up by building "a super silly ray" made out of a funny bone, a hopscotch hop, a book of jokes, and a loud hiccup. One dose of the "Pappy pick-me-up" and the robot is dancing in bubbles and feeling young again. The computer-enhanced illustrations are awash in eye-popping color and the dark backgrounds enhance the three-dimensional effect. The simple, sweet tale about this extended robot family is enlivened by Joyce's signature offbeat images and catchy rhymes.

Linda Ludke, London Public Library, Ontario, Canada

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

my daughter loves it
When we say Sleepy time Olie, my 16 month old daughter runs to her room and knows it's ready for bed time. she loves the pictures and story

Great, but not like the others
My 4 year old daughter loves this book, but I can tell by the number of requests to read it that she doesn't love it as much a Rolie Polie Olie and Snowie Rolie. It just doesn't have the same appeal to her. Maybe it's because it lacks the "catchy" rhymes of the other two or it's the story. Who really knows what goes on in the mind of a four year old. Anyway, anything with Olie and Zowie is a winner, but just don't expect a book like Rolie Polie Olie or Snowie Rolie.

LOVE IT!
My son (2 years old) Loves Olie, and this book is a great bedtime ritual companion. Great art, neat story. If you like William Joyce do check out Bentleys' Egg by same.