GOOD NIGHT VICTORIA BEACH

TEASER BOOK TRAILER (24 sec.)

A CANADIAN BEDTIME STORY
for LITTLE READERS
Made in Manitoba Just for You

If a jackrabbit were to visit you at bedtime, would you follow it? Grab your carrot sticks, hop into a world of whimsy, and join in on the fun!

Good Night, Good Night, Victoria Beach is inspired by a certain half-white, half-brown white-tailed jackrabbit seen at dusk in Victoria Beach, Manitoba after a first snowfall.

Enjoy an alphabet-amble through Victoria Beach. The ABCs follow adventurous jackrabbits—if you can spot them—along with their woodpecker, frog, toad, vole, geese, fish, bear, dragonfly, robin, mosquito, ant, chipmunk, and hummingbird friends, as they cavort through the seasons.

Come romp through more than 100 pages of fanciful illustrations and colourful rhyming couplets.

For children 0 - 100 years old.

Four-books-in-one--
it's a steal!

CBC Radio Noon Manitoba with Janet Stewart
- A children's book about Victoria Beach has won some big international accolades, 17 July 2024 (10 min.)

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ISBN
Hardcover
978-1-03-913270-2
Paperback
978-1-03-913269-6
eBook
978-1-03-913271-9
Audiobook
978-1-03-832583-9

GOOD NIGHT, GOOD NIGHT, VICTORIA BEACH is also available in print and eBook editions from your favourite online retailer; order through your local bookstore or library

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FIRST PLACE GRAND PRIZE WINNER
2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
(Fiction)
[Cash prize $1500 US]

FIRST PLACE WINNER
2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
(Children’s Picture Book, 0-5 Years)
[Cash prize $100 US]

WINNER, Bronze Medal
2022-2023 Reader Views Literary Award
(Preschool/Toddler)

WINNER, Bronze Medal
2022 Moonbeam Children's Book Award
(Children's Picture Book, 4 - 8 year old)

WONDER-FULL REVIEWS

An absolutely magnificent achievement in scope, message and design! "A to Z" descriptions of each of the four seasons introduces the reader to the natural world and its distinct wonders. The illustrations are whimsical, enhancing the learning quotient and encouraging further exploration. - Marcie Tennen, Next Generation Indie Book Awards Judge

Good Night, Good Night, Victoria Beach will delight readers of all generations. Although the book features just Victoria Beach, its contents offer so many connections to beach and cottage experiences that everyone can be captured by the magic of this alphabetical journey.
**** Highly Recommended - CM (Canadian Review of Materials)

Bridgman clearly knows the mind and heart of a child and knows how to entertain. From blueberries to fireflies, this book is multi-layered, with ABCs, the seasons, critters, and rhymes—an irresistible blend that, in the end, is pure enjoyment. - Reader Views Kids

This lively, fun book will keep readers turning the pages and asking for it again and again. - The Prairies Book Review

It is great fun for read-aloud and a perfect toddler storytime selection. - BookView Review

This book excels in its ability to combine educational content with sheer joy....[A] standout choice for parents and educators seeking engaging early learning materials.- Foram Vyas for Readers’ Favorite

This book is a wonderfully presented abcedary that is sure to become a favourite with parents of young children. The book flows from season to season with a truly Canadian identity and the dialogue is marvelously entertaining. I would without question recommend this abcedary to all Canadian parents. - Whistler Independent Book Awards

This wonderful picture book shows how delightful it can be to learn the alphabet while enjoying marvelous illustrations. Many of the illustrations celebrate nature with colorful depictions of birds and mammals. I must wonder from my own enjoyment of this book if this isn't as much for adults as children. Certainly, those of us who have had to read the same book many times to a child will find this book a happy experience to read again and again. - Next Generation Indie Book Awards press release

Bridgman's illustrated children's book offers readers an alphabetic walk through the four seasons in Manitoba, Canada. - Kirkus Reviews

TO LEARN MORE, here's an author interview

"My pen-and-ink and pan pastel illustrations are all about the fantastical, the whimsical, and the what-ifs. You know, what if a jackrabbit visited you at bedtime? Would you follow it? I love that the jackrabbit’s paw prints jump directly into the book on the very first this-book-belongs-to page. Then, all we see on the very last page is the jackrabbit from behind as it hops off the page. Almost as if the jackrabbit scampers through the whole book." - RB

.Good Night, Good Night,Victoria Beach.

.Good Night, Good Night,
Victoria Beach.