Five years ago I talked about The Prince's Breakfast. The Prince's Bedtime is actually the first installment.
Books that use rhyme often don't work or as my friend, who is far more expert than me would say, they don't scan well. I am happy to say this one does work. The rhyme is fun and the beat is not lost when you read the text aloud. My copy of this book (borrowed from a school library) was published in 2006 but there is a new edition of The Prince's Bedtime published in 2019 with an audio narrated by Hugh Bonneville.
Check out the rhyme:
"The first to arrive was a bearded physician
Who promised his medicine would cure the condition."
"But the Prince was so tickled he giggled all night
He laughed and he laughed at the ludicrous sight."
So how will they get this crazy Prince to sleep. If you look at my post label - books and reading - you will have the answer.
Here is the website for Joanne Oppenheim and also for Miriam Latimer.
Here are some other books for older children about gathering help from across the kingdom to solve an issue:
The Minstrel and the Dragon Pup
You could pair The Prince's bedtime with these:
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