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Edgar is a contrary little crow. Raven. It's hard to tell, really. Anyhow, he won't finish his vegetables, crying "Nevermore!" He chases his little sister around the house with a scarecrow and he draws on the walls (specifically a beating heart, a one-eyed cat, and a sad guy about to be sliced open, all above the crumbling house of blocks with the letters u, s, h, e, and r facing forward). These are his normal, daily antics so you can only imagine what happens when he's forced to take a bath, put on pajamas (yes, he wears adorable pajamas that match the endpapers of the book and are also reminiscent of the Haunted Mansion wallpaper) and get ready for bed.
Of course this is not a new story. Every parent who has a child that doesn't like to go to bed lives this story on a regular basis. Every babysitter, every older sibling, anybody who has had to deal with the "I'm not tired" excuse will recognize this tale and probably cringe a bit. But it's fun and for fans of Poe, it's even more fun, worlds better than [b:Mrs. Poe|16130398|Mrs. Poe|Lynn Cullen|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1378705735s/16130398.jpg|21955711]