When Papa Snores - Hardcover

Long, Melinda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689819439 ISBN 13: 9780689819438

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

SNOOOOGA... SNOOOOGA... SNOOM ERRGHA... ERRGHA... ARGHH Trying to get some shut-eye is no easy task when the lamp is rattling, the dishes are clattering, and shoes are tumbling down the stairs. Who is making all that racket? It's Papa and Nana, fast asleep, snoring to beat the band. So much noise! But Papa and Nana aren't the noisiest nappers in the house.... Can you guess who is?

About this title

About the Author:

Melinda Long is an eighth-grade literature teacher and a master at telling funny stories. She has two children, a large boxer named Moses, and a husband who tells her she snores. This is Melinda's first picture book. She lives in South Carolina.

From Booklist:

Ages 3-7. Papa and Nana's snoring does not bother the little girl in this picture book. She finds it very natural--and rather comforting. Meade's bright illustrations, done in gouache and ink with some cut paper, capture the energy of the story and the personalities of the characters (as well as their snores). A surprise ending will delight readers, as will the repeated phrases describing what happens when Papa and Nana snore. The illustrations contain many details that young children will have fun picking out, such as the hopscotch drawing on the sidewalk, the pictures on the walls, and the pet cat's presence in each picture. The little girl in her bright yellow nightshirt pops out against the blue tones of nighttime colors and is easy to focus on. Young readers will have fun asking their parents to repeat the varied sounds of snoring-- "carrroosh . . . clinka-linka . . . scurrafffa taffa taf," and more. Kathy Broderick
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0689819439
• ISBN 13: 9780689819438
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Meade Holly