Children’s Story: Princess Mi-Ah doesn’t want to sleep alone (another version)

Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess.  Her name was Princess Mi-Ah.  Princess Mi-Ah lived in a castle on top of a hill.  The hill was covered with flowers.  Princess Mi-Ah loved flowers….

“I know you’re afraid, Princess Mi-Ah, but it’s something that all big princesses do.  You want to be a big princess, right?”  asked mother.

“Yes, I do.  But why do I have to sleep alone?  I’m afraid.”  Princess Mi-Ah was sitting on her princess bed in her pajamas.  Outside the stars were out and the moon was a huge creamy ball in the black sky.

Princess Mi-Ah crawled under the blanket and snuggled into her soft princess pillow.  “Please can you tell me a story?  One about the dragon that eats the princess?  I like that one a lot!” 

“Okay, but then afterwards, I would like you to try to sleep alone,” said mother.

“No!  Don’t go!”  Tears started to form in her eyes.  She sat up in bed and held mother tight.

Children’s book: Goodnight, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

I bought this book since it received some very good ratings in Amazon.  The illustrations are really adorable.  But that’s all the book is!  When I read books with Mi-Ah who’s 3, she needs to hear a decent plot.  The illustrations do tell a simple story, of course, but I had to make mine own up as we went along.  It’s not too difficult with such great pictures, but I expected a few more words than just “Goodnight” sprinkled here & there.  After all, you can’t just flip pages and let them look at the picture themself so some help with some actual words on a page would have been appreciated!  After a long day at work, the less thinking for me the better!  I already have to come up with new Princess Mi-Ah stories all the time as it is!  ;O)

Give it a 6 out of 10.  Sorry, I’m not in alignment with all the hype on this book.  Maybe all the hype raised my expectations too high….?