Book review: I Dare You Not To Yawn

One of our favourite things to do as a family is to read stories. The house is bursting at the seams with books for babies, toddlers, older kids, teens and anything Hubby or I might like to read. 

So, I thought I'd share some of our favourites with you. 



I Dare You Not To Yawn by Héléne Boudreau is one of our latest favourite books. 

Narrated by a small boy, the reader is immediately warned of how sneaky yawns can be - and what the disastrous results might be if you do succumb to their sneaky efforts! The descriptive passages are excellent, and the narration seems utterly authentic from the point of view of a perhaps slightly cranky but NOT at all tired little boy.

Both older kids love this book*, it's sweet and funny and a bit of a competition not to yawn the whole way through reading it. Their glee when Hubby or I start to yawn is uncontained, 'You yawned - you YAWNED! I saw you. Straight to bed you'll go!"

For adults, this book is absolutely brilliant for bedtime. Take some excitable, chattering children who look like they may not sleep for hours. Curl up somewhere cosy, read this clever book to them and watch them yawn yawn Y A A W W N N their way to sleepy town. 

Hitchhiker rating: 5 thumbs up


*To be fair, Little One likes it too. Although more for its chewiness.