Adorable story about letting a kid be a kid. Beautifully colored illustrations tell the story of Cliffy, who is frequently overlooked as a middle child.

Cliffy has the right idea- Why not Jammie Day? Grownups can get awful busy with day-to-day life and as a middle child he realizes that they are not always paying attention. So off he goes to school, in his comfy polka-dot "footie pajamas"! What is not to love! The beautiful illustrations convey a nice calm feeling, even when a situation is the normal topsy-turvy life of a large family. Cliffy continues on in a nice calm convicted manner getting what he wants - Jammie Day!!!

This charming book about Cliffy, a middle child, is all about a little boy who is sandwiched between a big brother and sister and a small brother and sister. He is just kind of there and often seems many times to go unnoticed.

One cold winter morning Cliffy decides he won't get dressed but wants to stay in his jammies all day long. He fibs to his mom and tells her it's Jammie Day at school. Distracted by her own thoughts and not delving into the truth of what Cliffy tells her she consents to let him do his thing and wear his jammies. Off he goes to school in his favourite footy pajamas feeling mighty fine and proud of himself.

His dad and even his teacher are unfazed about his strange attire and sneaky Cliffy pulls the wool over their eyes for a day... a week... then a whole month. Oh my this kid is good!!! The adults around him may be fooled but the smart kids at school climb aboard Cliffy's bandwagon and they start parading around at school in their pajamas too. The ending is just perfect and will have you smiling for sure.

This fun read-aloud is great because guess who wins? Not the pre-occupied adults but the kids themselves making this book a huge hit. Yes!!!! The illustrations are spot-on perfect, full of humour, family chaos, and emotion. They showcase how Cliffy's jammies progressively become more tattered and torn ... loved almost threadbare by their happy, contented owner. I highly recommend this book.

Very cute story, especially perfect for middle children. The illustrations are so charming and cute.

Thank you Netgalley for this book

I received this arc in exchange for an honest review.
When you're the middle child you can often get away with several things. When Cliffy decides that it's jammy day, he heads out to school in his jammies. His teacher and parents are too busy to question him. He does the same the next day and starts a trend with other students.

I loved the cover of this book, it really drew me in. The images were brilliant throughout the story and can see this one being a firm favourite for young children and their parents - especially kids that are in the middle!

What could be more comfortable than wearing your pajamas all day. Although I never had pajama day when I was in school, when my daughter was in school it was one of the spirit days, along with twins day, and spirit day, and things like that.

Cliffy doesn't want to wait for "Jammie day" to come, and instead decides that since pajamas are so comfortable, that he would just declare it Jammie Day, and no one questions him. Not his teacher, not his parents, and certainly not the other kids, who pick up on that every day is Jammie Day.

Cute picture book where the parents and teachers finally catch on, but don't stop him from wearing pajamas.


Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Jammies are a favorite in our house. A book about a boy who wants to stay in his jammies each and every day for school is a big crowd pleaser. While I found the story sweet and the illustrations positively delightful in their muted color palette, it made me feel slightly sad to see the middle child be "forgotten" as is regularly depicted. Even if no one seems to be paying attention to him, you still get the sense that all the children are loved in this family of seven.

Jammie Day by Carrie Snyder was a lovely tale of a middle child who knew what he wanted. He used his knowledge of adults not really paying attention to get what he wanted: a jammie day, week, month or even year. He knew the adults in his life weren't really paying attention but the kids all knew what he was up to. The final illustration with the entire family in pajamas was absolutely delightful and fun. This would be a wonderful book to share on a school pajamas day.