Sleepy Book

by Charlotte Zolotow and Stefano Vitale

Book Overview

All animals, birds, and insects sleep in their own special places, in their own special ways--as do little boys and girls who sleep warm under their blankets in their cozy beds. Full-color illustrations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064432394
• ISBN13: 9780064432399
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

perfect bedtime book

My daughter loves this book and it became part of our nighttime ritual from when she was 3 until about the age of 7. The illustrations are beautiful and the words (which she can recite from memory) are calming. The yawning moon on the inside covers would always set us up to start yawning, which is a great way to calm down for sleep. She is a big animal fan, so she liked that all but one page features animals going to sleep.

An essential part of a bedtime routine

This book should be included in the bedtime story canon, along with classics such as Goodnight Moon. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous, which look like paintings done on wood canvases. The book shows several different ways that creatures sleep- from snowy cranes to crickets- and ends with of course, boys and girls. Both my 2 year old and my 6 year old enjoy this story. A good way to end the day and settle in with your little ones.

Great!

Both my five year old and three year old love this book. There are some familiar sleepy animals like bears, horses and dogs, but there are also a few that we don't think about very often like moths, cranes and even crickets. The children find it so interesting to see how other animals sleep and then compare it to how little boys and girls sleep. My kids have a hard time "winding down" at night so this is a good transition for them. They also get to see that EVERYBODY sleeps. Also worth noting is that the images are truly beautiful. And I like the fact that while this book reads like a poem, it doesn't rhyme.

It's Time For Bed.....

Every living being sleeps, from the bear in his dark cave, fish among the water ferns, and horses standing up switching their tails, to the snowy crane who sleeps standing on just one leg, turtles inside their shells, seals with their flippers against blocks of ice, and of course little boys and girls. Originally published in 1958, Charlotte Zolotow's Sleepy Book is as fresh and wonderful today as it was over 40 years ago. Her simple, gentle text is full of imagery and magic, and complemented by brand new, evocative illustrations. Artist, Stefano Vitale, has really captured the essence of Ms Zolotow's poetry with engaging pictures of sleeping animals in quiet, subdued tones. Together, word and art create a soothing and comforting bedtime story that will lull little ones off to dreamland. "...but little boys/ and girls,/ when the night/ comes/ and the wind/ whispers gently/ in the trees/ and the stars/ sparkle and shine,/ sleep/ warm under/ their blankets/ in their/ beds."

Best book ever for children,parents and grandparents.

This is one of the best books I have ever read for children of all ages. I read it to my children and now I would like to read it to my grandchildren. My children adored this book and it always put them to sleep at night and made bedtime enjoyable!