While You're Asleep by Emmy Kastner - 2024 Picture Book-image

While You're Asleep by Emmy Kastner - 2024 Picture Book

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Author: Emmy Kastner Item Weight: 16.9 Oz Topic: Humorous Stories, Animals / Nocturnal, Bedtime & Dreams, General Item Length: 8 in Genre: Juvenile Fiction gtin13: 9781665931335 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ISBN-10: 1665931337 Book Title: While You're Asleep Intended Audience: Juvenile Audience Grade From: Preschool LC Classification Number: PZ8.3.K1274Wh 2024 Format: Picture Book brand: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Illustrator: Yes, Kastner, Emmy Grade To: Third Grade Language: English Synopsis: In the spirit of The Panda Problem , this "funny, raucous, and ultimately satisfying" (Mac Barnett, New York Times bestselling author) meta picture book shows what both diurnal and nocturnal animals get up to while you're asleep. When the Earth slowly spins and light fades away, animals hunker down for bedtime. But the narrator's cozy story is interrupted by fireflies flickering, raccoons enjoying chicken dinners, and foxes planning a nighttime festival. The narrator eventually gives up trying to get the nocturnal creatures to go to sleep like everyone else as skunks, beavers, and more gather for a midnight soiree you'd have to see to believe...if you weren't asleep! ISBN-13: 9781665931335 Number of Pages: 48 Pages Item Height: 0.5 in LCCN: 2022-053297 Item Width: 11.5 in Reviews: If you knew what was happening while you were fast asleep, you'd wake up right away. This enjoyable picture book begins as a typically hushed, lull-your-kid-to-sleep rhyming tale replete with cute animals settling down. It quickly turns into a vehicle for the author's witty commentaries on less sedate nighttime doings--nocturnal creatures getting up to busy hijinks in the night. Raccoons raid trash cans, skunks tiptoe through the night, and crickets sing their hearts out. The author interrupts the verse to comment on what's going on--that skunk is probably just making her way to bed, and those crickets are singing lullabies before going to sleep...right? Near the end, she imagines what several critters might get up to at night: Perhaps the bats don fancy clothes, and the fox prepares a lavish dinner. But who knows? Most of us are snoozing, so we don't really know, do we? This isn't your ordinary sleepy-time picture book, but it's fun and may help kids relate to and dream about other sleepers. The contrast between the factual and fanciful material may confuse some readers, though. Grown-ups, beware: If youngsters imagine exciting adventures occurring while they're supposed to be falling asleep, uh-oh...The illustrations, rendered in acrylic gouache, watercolor, and colored pencil and adjusted digitally, are delightful. Captivating musings on what happens when we drift off for the night. (Picture book. 4-7) Publication Year: 2024

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Further Details Title: While You're Asleep Condition: New Description: In the spirit of The Panda Problem , this “funny, raucous, and ultimately satisfying” (Mac Barnett, New York Times bestselling author) meta picture book shows what both diurnal and nocturnal animals get up to while you’re asleep. When the Earth slowly spins and light fades away, animals hunker down for bedtime. But the narrator’s cozy story is interrupted by fireflies flickering, raccoons enjoying chicken dinners, and foxes planning a nighttime festival. The narrator eventually gives up trying to get the nocturnal creatures to go to sleep like everyone else as skunks, beavers, and more gather for a midnight soiree you’d have to see to believe…if you weren’t asleep! Author: Emmy Kastner EAN: 9781665931335 Contributor: Emmy Kastner (Illustrated by) ISBN-10: 1665931337 ISBN: 9781665931335 Format: Hardback Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 203mm Item Length: 292mm Illustrator: Emmy Kastner Genre: Children's Books Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Release Date: 03/26/2024 Language: English Item Width: 13mm Item Weight: 479g Topic: Baby & Picture Books Release Year: 2024 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

  1. While You're Asleep is such a delight! My kids love the playful, chaotic energy of the nocturnal animals interrupting bedtime. The whimsical illustrations and clever meta-humor keep them giggling, and it’s become our favorite story to read before lights-out. The way it balances cozy charm with wild nighttime antics is pure magic—totally worth adding to your collection!

    Sunil M. Bansode

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