# Tired Town - Hardcover

by **Patricia Marx** (Author), **Roz Chast** (Illustrator)

**_Goodnight Moon_ meets _Goodnight Already!_ in this very funny bedtime book from _New Yorker_ contributors Patricia Marx and Roz Chast.**

This is the story of Nellie Bee Nightly, who is not tired at all. And swears she never will be!

The popcorn is too pooped to pop, and the nightstand is too tired to stand up straight and must lie down -- but Nellie? Nope, she's wide awake, and not ready for bedtime AT ALL. Instead, she gives her goldfish a mustache and hangs her bed from the ceiling so that she can install a swimming pool in her room. Nellie, after all, went to sleep _last_ night, and shouldn't that be enough sleep to last a lifetime?

Wonderfully quirky, subversively sweet, and effortlessly classic, _Tired Town_ is a brilliant new bedtime story from humorist Patricia Marx and Roz Chast, the #1 _New York Times_\-bestselling and award-winning creator of _Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir_ and _I Must Be Dreaming._

### Author Biography

**Patricia Marx** is a longtime _New Yorker_ staff writer and a former writer for SNL and _Rugrats._ Her novels, _Him Her Him Again the End of Him_, and _Starting from Happy_ were Thurber Prize finalists. She's the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her first children's book, _Now Everybody Really Hates Me_ (illustrated by Roz Chast), was the first and only winner of the Friedrich Medal, an award made up by Patricia and named after her air conditioner. She has never slept in her life.

**Roz Chast's** work has appeared in numerous magazines through the years, but she is most closely associated with the _New Yorker_. In addition to collections of her _New Yorker_ cartoons, Chast has written and illustrated a wide range of books. Her first memoir, _Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?_ won a National Book Critics Circle Award and was a National Book Award finalist. She has two pet birds, who would prefer she never slept.

**Number of Pages:** 40

**Dimensions:** 0.4 x 11.1 x 9.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** October 10, 2023

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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