Ten Little Sleepyheads - Softcover

Provost, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747576025 ISBN 13: 9780747576020

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2006

Synopsis

Starting from ten the drowsy bugs count down to zero as each of them drops off to sleep. With sleepyheads to identify on each page, whether they are a woolly caterpillar or a firefly, this is a book for the curious reader who loves images of stink bugs in stripy trousers and sweet potato weevils fast asleep on a pile of crackers. But, if anyone's still awake at the end it's time to turn back to the beginning and start counting again.

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Provost lives in Modesto, California, with her husband, Richard. She has three grown-up children and two grandchildren. Ten Little Sleepyheads is her first book. Donald Saaf is the illustrator of many highly acclaimed books for children, including Elemenopeo by Harriet Ziefert. He lives in Vermont with his family.

From Booklist:

PreS. "Ten little sleepyheads talking to their toys. One falls asleep in the middle of the noise." Bouncing couplets count down to a bug family's bedtime in this charming offering. With each spread, a new bug falls asleep until a last restless soul wakes the whole crowd, prompting children to flip to the beginning and ask for repeated readings. Occasionally, the words make more lovely sounds than sense, but the rhythms and lulling rhymes are infectious. It's Saaf's winsome, mixed-media artwork that will draw children most. The thickly applied materials result in a few slightly muddied images, but children will easily be won over by the sleepy-eyed, grinning insects, charmingly clad in patterned suits, snuggled into cozy leaf beds, and surrounded by glorious flowers. Endpapers show the delightful lineup of bugs together with their common names. An imaginative, richly colored counting exercise for little ones still working on one through 10. Gillian Engberg
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About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0747576025
• ISBN 13: 9780747576020
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32