Not such a fun time in our house. I assume it has a lot to do with Freedom being two. Brye on the other hand will stall as much as possible. He's five and a half.
I was given the opportunity to review Shushybye Close Your Eyes. I had not previously heard of Shushybye.
SHUSHYBYE is an interactive television show, book and music ritual for parents as they prepare their preschoolers for sleep. The books offer colorful characters and charming stories, while the accompanying catchy and spirited original SHUSHYBYE rock and pop songs help inspire children to look forward to sleep-time.
To summarize the story:
Leo and Leona are two kids who stay up past their bedtimes. Since they aren't going to sleep, they miss getting their Special Shushybye Dream Boxes. Snoozles is the Shushy who makes their dreams. He was worried because they never opened their dream boxes. He ends up visiting the kids and brings them, and their parents, back to Shushybye to visit the King and see where dreams are made. After their visit, Leo and Leona are excited to go to sleep and finally get their very own Dream Boxes.
I thought the book was creative, cute and loved the illustrations. The book seemed a bit long for Freedom. I think it's mostly due to her age. She loved turning the pages. After a few nights, I ended up summarizing the paragraphs. Brye, on the other hand loved the story. When I asked him what he thought about The Shushys making his dreams, he thought it was really cool. That night he told me that he needed to go to sleep so he could get his "super cool box of dreams". The following nights, while I was reading the book to him, Freedom took more of an interest in it. The book also came with a read along CD. I popped it into our Xbox while I read the story. Freedom was mesmerized by the voices. Brye told me it was "so cool to hear the picture's voices".
We also recieved the Shushybye & Goodnight Deluxe Edition CD to review. We're not that big on kids music at our house. So, when I put in the CD I didn't really know what to expect. I was surprised. It was catchy and (most importantly) decent.
The music is a wide range of styles - from classic rock to progressive rock/country to pop, and even jazz. The SHUSHYBYE music is the antidote to today's crop of synthesizer-drum machine-based songs that parents have to 'endure.' The music is written for parents (and children) - the lyrics are written for children (and parents).
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Winner has been chosen and has responded. Congrats to Jessica!
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I was given the opportunity to review this product because of my membership at The Product Review Place. Shushybye provided me with the book and CDs, for free, to review. Shushybye is responsible for prize distribution. I didn't receive any money or other type of compensation for this review. My thoughts and opinions are my own.
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