Good Night, Dora! is a Lift-the-Flap story by Christina Ricci, with illustrations by Susan Hall.

On her way home, Dora and Boots discover that many creatures are either already asleep or are getting sleepy. As they make their way home, they say Buenas noches (good night) to each of them.

The pages are thicker than regular Dora books, and the large, colorful flaps reveal not only the sleeping/sleepy creature, but also the Spanish word. For example, as Dora and Boots skip across stones in a pond, they hear "Ribbet, Ribbet". She says: "Hey, someone's making a sound in the pond. Do you know who?" When you pull down the flap, you see one purple frog that's happily asleep...while the other is getting drowsy. The words under the flap say "Good night, frogs! ¡Buenas noches, ranas!"

In addition to the frogs, youngsters learn the Spanish word for birds, bees, chickens, ducks, snakes, frogs, and owls. It's a great story for bedtime, because there aren't too many words to read. Yet, the gentle story will teach youngsters a variety of Spanish terms for 8 different creatures. At the end of Good Night, Dora!, her Mami (Mom) tucks her and Boots into bed.

This book holds up well, especially since the flaps aren't the kind that are over little niches/holes imbedded in the story (what you usually find in board books or those with very stiff pages...some Arthur and Bear in the Big Blue House flap books come to mind).

Highly recommended!

For a child who can't get enough Dora, this is a nice, colorful book and it teaches new Spanish words to an English-speaker. But I expected more of a good-night, bedtime story (a la "Goodnight Moon") and it's really more of a language lesson, saying goodnight to various animals without much of a wind-down to bedtime.

This is a very cute book and if your child is really into Dora (like mine) it will help get them to bed. Because if DORA is going to bed, so is she! :) However, I do agree with the one reviewer who said board books are better for lift the flap stories for this agegroup. My daughter is nearly 4 now, so it's ok for her, but when she was younger it was a problem. But if you have a Dora fan for a child, I guarnatee s/he will like this book.

Our neighborhood bookstore has a very good children's section and my son has the habit of zeroing in on anything with Dora's picture. We, of course, had to buy this one and he has taken over reading it to our one year old daughter. The flaps have held up well and it's become the number one bedtime choice for many nights in a row. I've given up counting. A gentle story to end the day.

My 3 year old loves all of Doras' books. My seven and eight year old love Drum, Chavi, Drum!/Toca, Chavi, Toca! and my fourteen year old nephew is obsessed with Lemony Snicket books. Our family loves fun books and you can't go wrong with any of the above.