The World Champion of Staying Awake - Softcover

Sean Taylor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1406338346 ISBN 13: 9781406338348

Publisher: Walker & Company, 2012

Synopsis

Cherry Pig, Thunderbolt the puppet mouse and Beanbag Frog refuse to go to sleep! Luckily, clever Stella has a plan... Stella really wants to go to bed and have some rest, but her three rowdy bedtime companions - Cherry Pig, Thunderbolt the puppet mouse and Beanbag Frog - are having none of it. They are full of energy, jumping all around the place each claiming to be the World Champion of Staying Awake. But Stella is very good at thinking up ways to get them to sleep. After dazzling imaginary adventures across the sea, on a train and in a Star Ship Balloon we'll see who is really the Champion of Staying Awake.

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Review:

Amazon Best Books of the Month, July 2011: It’s time for bed, but Stella’s animals are wide awake, so what’s a girl to do? Stella knows she can get them to sleep with a little imagination, so first she dreams a pillow into a ship for Cherry Pig, and they sail across the waves. At the end of the voyage Cherry Pig is asleep, but now Thunderbolt thinks he is the world champion of staying awake, so Stella creates a special dream for him, too. With clever stories that deliver sleepy results, Stella tucks each animal into bed until, finally, she is the last one still awake--but not for long. Pairing a witty narrative with rich illustrations, The World Champion of Staying Awake is destined to become a treasured bedtime classic. --Seira Wilson

About the Author:

Sean Taylor has written more than 40 books for young readers. These include the Purple Class series of comic adventures set in an urban primary school, a collection of folktales from the Amazon called The Great Snake, a novel for teenagers called A Waste of Good Paper, and picture books such as The World Champion of Staying Awake, illustrated by Jimmy Liao and Boing!, illustrated by Bruce Ingman. He lives in Bristol with his wife and two sons. Visit Sean at www.seantaylorstories.com Jimmy Liao is Asia's most brilliant illustrator. He has published some 27 books in his native Taiwan during the past decade which have sold over five million copies throughout the world. His many picture book titles include The Monster Who Ate Darkness, by Joyce Dunbar. Jimmy lives in Taipei City, Taiwan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker & Company
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1406338346
• ISBN 13: 9781406338348
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Jimmy Liao