7 x 7 Tales of a Sevensleeper - Hardcover

Johansen, Hanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525444912 ISBN 13: 9780525444916

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers, 1989

Synopsis

A seven-year-old boy identifies with sevensleepers, little squirrel-like creatures who sleep for seven months, and he insists on doing everything in sevens, including going to bed at seven o'clock, eating seven potatoes, and taking seven minutes to wash his face with seven drops of water.A seven-year-old boy insists on doing everything in sevens, including going to bed at seven o'clock, eating seven potatoes, and taking seven minutes to wash his face

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-4-- An unusual and intriguing little book, not for everyone, but made to order for lap and read-aloud sessions with the right listener. The brief bedtime stories reveal the true nature of Sevensleepers, who are compulsive about their favorite number. Dinner may consist of seven potatoes, seven fishsticks, and seven peas. They are fond of the seven days of the week, a bit out of patience with 12 months (too many), and the number of days in a year is, of course, simply beyond all limits. A good deal of information about the nature of the Sevensleeper's family may be gleaned along the way, and a very nice group they are. Bhend's ink illustrations are both endlessly inventive and fascinating. Multiples of seven abound, small animals hide in most of the pictures, woodland creatures peep out of trees. Close inspection of a maze made up of walnuts and hazelnuts reveals that each walnut has a face and, obviously, a personality. Franceschelli's translation is beautiful. --Tatiana Castleton, Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library, CA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0525444912
• ISBN 13: 9780525444916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 95