Naptime For Slippers

By Andrew Clements

Book Overview

Slippers does not like naptime. There is too much for a puppy to do instead of sleep. Before he can settle down, he has to collect a few things. One by one he finds Edward's shoe, Laura's cap, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525472878
• ISBN13: 9780525472872
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.4" x 0.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The story is really creatively told

Reviewed by Sophia McElroy (age 5.5) for Reader Views (7/08) This book is about a puppy named Slippers. He doesn't like to take naps. But he gets in a lot of trouble; he didn't help. When he goes in his doghouse he first closes one eye and then the other eye because he doesn't want to fall asleep. My favorite part of the book was when Slippers went outside to help Mommy. He wasn't helping; he was digging up the garden! I like the pictures in this book they are cute. This book made me really happy, it is so funny. It was easy to read for me. Parent Comment: I immediately fell in love with this little puppy Slippers. The illustrations are precious and the story is really creatively told. This isn't your average dog tale. My daughter openly laughed and giggled at the trouble this little guy was finding in "Naptime for Slippers" by Andrew Clements.

Portrait of the Dog as a Young Dog

Andrew Clements and Janie Bynum certainly know their dogs. In "Slippers," they have found the "everydog," a canine so true in behavior and physical appearance that he speaks to a whole species. IF you enjoy dogs, and want an accurate--hence fun and irrepressible--representation, this is the book for you and your young audience. Slippers is an adorable mutt, who, like Cindy Szekeres' "Nothing to Do Puppy," is bored. The other family members are busy or, in the case of little Edward, napping. So Slippers hunkers down in his doghouse, head on paw, and tries to nap himself. Except....except...there are too many sounds and too many smells to keep him down long! He runs and leaps outside, where he helps Mommy with her gardening by uprooting and eating all the plants. Coming back into the house for a drink, he drags his muddy paws over the kitchen table and follows his nose to Edward's spilt milk. Ahhhh! The expressive dog gives a smiling yawn, curls up, closes one ye, and then the other, and tries to sleep. Once again, though, his upturned nose smells Edward! But it wasn't Edward. It was just Edward's shoe. But it smelled very nice, just like Edward. After licking and chewing the shoe, he places it under his pillow, and again closes first one eye, and then the other. Similar sounds and scents (Slippers has a very active nose!), lead to the discovery of a dripping bathtub, daughter Laura's cap, Daddy's work glove. Slippers' active senses lead to messes around the house, and a slew of items under his pillow! Finally, Edward wakes up, and he has something family-approved to do: Accompany the toddler on a walk. All that busy detective work, however, finally leads him to sleep. The book excels in capturing a dog's day, and illustrator Janie Bynum somehow combines simplicity with keenly observed illustrations of canine movements and facial expressions. Ms. Bynum and author Andrew Clements capture the essence of the dog. The plot realistically drives the puppy's inadvertently messy adventures, and, of course, echoes the distractions that keep infants and toddlers so persistently awake. Fans of this duo may want to check out "Slippers at Home," as well as their websites, www.frindle.com (Clements) and www.janiebynum.com.