Way Past Bedtime

Way Past Bedtime

Little Joseph turns into a bedtime super-sleuth as he tries to solve the mystery of what happens after the lights go out in this fun spin on classic bedtime stories. Bedtime is Joseph’s least favorite time of day. When his parents tuck him in at night, Joseph imagines all kinds of things that he’s missing out on: big parties, hot-fudge fountains, exotic animals, and more. But there is only one way to find out if what he imagines is actually true—and bedtime super-sleuth Joseph is determined to discover what happens way past bedtime. "It's not all DJ dance parties and hot-fudge fountains when parents stay up late...or is it? Forget staying up to wait for Santa Claus. After reading this, kids will clamor to investigate someone a little closer to home." ~ Kirkus When I was a kid, I would stay up way past bedtime and sneak to the stairs to watch my parents watching TV. (BORING!) I always imagined something more spectacular was happening (although I did learn to love Johnny Carson). This story comes straight from my younger self's imagination...of the increasingly outrageous parties that go on after children's bedtimes. What do all kids dread most at the end of the day? Flash cards of doom? - Boiled, bendy broccoli? - An ice-cube-cold tub? No, no, and NO. The thing they dread most is just one word: BEDTIME! That one word send children worldwide into a petrified PANIC. But not Joseph! Not tonight! Oh, no. Tonight Joseph has a plan to stay up... WAY PAST BEDTIME! As a child, Tara Lazar would stay up WAY PAST BEDTIME by sneaking to the stairs while her parents were watching The Tonight Show . Every time she found them laughing at late-night TV. she was sure they had just scrambled to hide a party. Now that Tara can stay up WAY PAST BEDTIME as an adult, she's often too tired and falls asleep anyway. She snoozes in New Jersey with her snoring husband and two night-owl daughters.