Sleepyhead - Hardcover

Wilson, Karma

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 141691241X ISBN 13: 9781416912415

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2006

Synopsis

Sleepyhead, Sleepyhead.
Good night, good night,
my Sleepyhead.

Your teeth are brushed,
your book is read.
Go to sleep.
It's time for bed.

One more book,
says Sleepyhead.

Illustrated with great whimsy, this story from the bestselling author of Bear Snores On takes readers on an enchanting bedtime journey through dreamscape and landscape and back again.

About this title

About the Author:

Karma Wilson is the bestselling author of several picture books, including the Bear Books series, Where Is Home, Little Pip?, and A Dog Named Doug. Karma lives in Montana.

John Segal has illustrated many books for children, including Kenneth Grahame's The Reluctant Dragon, retold by Robert D. San Souci, and The Musicians of Bremen by Jane Yolen. His drawings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Gourmet, and Travel & Leisure, and he is an award-winning designer of greeting cards for the Museum of Modern Art. This is the first book he has both written and illustrated.

John Segal lives in New York City and has two children, Emily and Josh.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2–In this rhyming time-for-bed tale, a cat plays the role of adult and a teddy bear becomes the resistant youngster. With teeth brushed and story read, Sleepyhead is ready to be tucked in, but the bear procrastinates with pleas for one more book, cuddle, kiss, etc. Open picture books scattered across the floor and the images on a quilt provide inspiration for imaginary visual adventures as the youngster continues to put off the inevitable. Sleepyhead calls for One more drink while riding the waves on the back of a swordfish and One more blanky while floating on ice floes with penguins and walruses. Segal's stylized watercolor illustrations play with size to great effect. A close-up of Sleepyhead requesting One more hug with outstretched arms spans two pages. The fonts are appropriately small for the patient kitten's soothing phrases, We've kissed our kiss, your quilt is spread, and grow larger for the Go to sleep directives. Children will relish the playful bedtime rituals. Expect requests for this book to be read one more time.–Linda Ludke, London Public Library, Ontario, Canada
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About this edition

• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 141691241X
• ISBN 13: 9781416912415
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Segal John