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All of the animals on the savannah are grumpy — no, they will not take a nap! But one little girl may know just what to do to make sure these creatures can get some much-needed shut-eye.

The crocodile and hippo insist that naps are for babies, the ostrich hides its head in the sand, and the hyena simply laughs at the suggestion.

But the cranky expressions on the animals’ faces give them away — these grouchy beasts are all in serious need of a nap!

Fortunately for these sleepy creatures a little girl appears who knows the secret to a good snooze: first close one eye, then close the other one. And, just like that, all of the animals are out like a light. It’s naptime on the savannah!

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ISBN-13:	9781554984879
Publisher:	Groundwood Books
Publication date:	10/01/2014
Edition description:	Translatio
Pages:	28
Sales rank:	1,125,327
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 11.30(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Iris de Moüy is a French illustrator who has exhibited her work around the world. She lives in Paris.

SHELLEY TANAKA is an award-winning author, translator and editor who has written and translated more than thirty books for children and young adults. She teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Shelley lives in Kingston, Ontario.

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★ 08/25/2014
In French author-illustrator de Moüy’s English-language debut, 13 jungle animals insist, in turn, that they are unequivocally uninterested in taking a nap. Set against rough suggestions of foliage, ground, and trees, de Moüy’s loose portraits of each animal are extremely emotive—and what these animals are emoting is barely disguised contempt for the mere suggestion that they need naps. “I don’t want to have a nap,” insists a zebra, glaring at readers. “Naps are for little babies,” says an alligator. “Tiny little babies,” a hippo agrees from a watering hole, both animals’ eyebrows slanted to convey intense irritation. An elephant is “too big” for a nap, a giraffe “too tall,” and a monkey “too busy” with its banana. This cavalcade of disapproval and huffiness is uproarious (and spot-on in its good-natured mimicry of human nappers’ complaints), but the kicker comes in the final pages as a human girl persuades the entire group to “just close one eye... then close the other eye... and that’s all there is to it!” Whether children follow suit is beside the point—the story is a flat-out delight. Ages 2–5. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

The illustrations and hand-painted text give Naptime an interesting maturity in its design, one which lends itself well to making this story timeless.

CM Magazine

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"This cavalcade of disapproval and huffiness is uproarious . . . a flat-out delight." — Publishers Weekly, starred review

"The illustrations are sublime in their restraint and fearless use of ample white space . . . A lovely, if wakeful, bedtime book." — Kirkus Reviews

"The illustrations and hand-painted text give Naptime an interesting maturity in its design, one which lends itself well to making this story timeless." — CM Magazine

"I do not want to take a nap. / Naps are for little babies. / Tiny little babies . . . Ha ha ha! A nap? What a joke! / I’ll take a nap if I want to. I’m the one who decides!" — from the book

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2014-07-16
A little girl persuades a menagerie of animals to take a nap. Simple, bold, painted pictures of wild animals include hand-lettered, full-caps declarations of their individual statements resisting naps. "I'M TOO BIG TO HAVE A NAP" declares an elephant whose form breaks the confines of the page. "HA, HA, HA. A NAP? WHAT A JOKE!" laughs a hyena. Other animals assert themselves, too, until the little girl from the jacket art confronts them all and gets them to close first one eye and then another, "AND THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT!" she says, smiling with pride as every animal falls asleep in a veritable peaceable-kingdom tableau. The illustrations are sublime in their restraint and fearless use of ample white space, and they adopt a style that's reminiscent of Suzy Lee's pictures, especially in their depictions of the little girl. Perhaps the only thing that could make this title even stronger would be enhanced focus on her character, as readers might wonder why she is the one in charge of these animals and their naptime. Still, so authoritative is she, they might just try closing one eye and then the other to see if that really is all there is to it. A lovely, if wakeful, bedtime book from France. (Picture book. 2-5)

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