No Nap! Yes Nap!

by Margie Palatini, Dan Yaccarino (Illustrator)

Overview

A humorous naptime book for baby (and sleepy mama, too) from best-selling author Margie Palatini and award-winning illustrator Dan Yaccarino.

Includes Read Aloud/Read to Me feature where available.

Readers embark on a fast-paced chase through every room in the house as we follow Mommy on her quest to settle Baby down for nap. Dashing from family room to living room, both on the table and under it, through the kitchen and even hiding in the laundry basket, this hilarious romp culminates with mommy and baby collapsed - AT LAST -- fast asleep in a chair.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316406345
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	08/05/2014
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Margie Palatini has written many books for children, including Piggie Pie, which was an ALA Notable Book and a Booklist Editor's Choice book, Bedhead, which was a Newsweek Best Book of the Year, and several other picture books with numerous state awards.

Dan Yaccarino is an acclaimed author and illustrator of many children's books including Doug Unplugged, Unlovable and The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau; the creator and producer of the Parents Choice Award-winning animated series Oswald and the Emmy-winning Willa's Wild Life, as well as the character designer behind the Emmy-winning The Backyardigans. His books have won a host of prestigious awards including the New York Times Best Illustrated award, an ALA Notable designation, a Parents Choice Award, and the Bologna Ragazzi. Dan lives with his family in New York City. You can visit him online at www.yaccarinostudio.com.

Editorial Reviews

★ 05/12/2014
In the four words of the title and page after page of gleeful mischief, Palatini (Stuff) and Yaccarino (Count on the Subway) sum up the eternal nap-time dialectic. This Mama and Baby may share the same exuberantly curly auburn ’do, but when Mama announces with endearingly mistaken confidence that it’s naptime, Baby rejects the offer and leads her on a merry, blankie-toting chase (“Nap, yes, says Mama. Yes yes yes! Nap, no! No no no!”) through their stylized, pastel-hued house. Baby is able to wrangle a song (a wonderful moment in which both mother and child channel their inner “Broadway Baby”), a “big, long” drink of milk, and a story before succumbing to shut-eye, by which time Mama is ready for a snooze, as well. The single plane, largely profile illustrations lend a quirky formal elegance to the chase and give Yaccarino plenty of opportunity to revel in his métier—the human body in comic motion. Mama’s running form would make the winged-footed Mercury jealous. Up to age 3. Author’s agent: Linda Pratt, Wernick & Pratt. Illustrator’s agent: Rebecca Sherman, Writers House. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

06/01/2014
PreS-Gr 1—Using few words but plenty of rhythm and repetition and even more action, this picture book launches into a quickly escalating showdown: "Mama says, Nap." "Baby says, NO NAP!" Mama and Baby zoom across the spreads, pausing periodically for traditional nap avoidance strategies like clapping, singing, and having a drink ("Now Baby nap?" "NO NAP! Drink! Drink! Drink! Baby big, long drink.") The retro style illustrations done in bold, flat colors using India ink on vellum and then colored and composed digitally are full of movement and energy. The chase takes the two through the house but eventually winds down in the room it all started in with everyone finally getting some much needed rest—including the startled pet fish. Encapsulating this familiar family argument, the endpapers explode with "Yes!" and "No!" This battle of wills is designed well to delight a range of ages from very young picture-book audiences to those beginning to read on their own.—Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA

School Library Journal

2014-05-28
A lively, not-ready-for-bed tale featuring one patient mama and her exuberant tyke.It’s naptime, and Baby is off and running. Familiar stalling tactics abound as clapping turns to singing, a request for milk becomes one very long drink, and chase turns to hide-and-seek. But Mama skillfully corrals Baby with a book, and cuddled together, they fall asleep. Digitally colored illustrations, done in a cool palette, capture the toddler’s energy and charm. At first glance, the stylized characters and graphic shapes appear simple, but Yaccarino’s careful use of pattern and color is skillfully designed to help readers identify characters, objects and space. Similarly, the simple, short text is playfully composed to emphasize its delivery. With no dialogue tags and just changes in italicization to distinguish Mama’s dialogue from Baby’s, it will have young listeners chanting along by the second read: “Good Baby. Now Baby nap. / NO NAP. Clap! Clap! Clap! // NO NAP. Sing song. Sing a long song. Long, long song. Sing! Sing! Sing! / Tra-la-la.”It’s so high-spirited it isn’t likely to send any like-minded tots to sleep, but who cares when it’s so much fun? (Picture book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews