LadyD Books: The Napping House by Audrey Wood

One of the books from my list of Support Your Local Library Challenge is the Napping House by Audrey Wood and her husband Don Wood is the illustrator.

Product Details

Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books (September 1, 2000)
ASIN: B001JEG5ZA

Five sleepy-heads having a good sleep, then comes along number 6 and all heck breaks loose. What a creative tale. With it's rhyming paragraphs, little children can learn the words, quickly. Encouraging them to love reading by reading this book to you. The style of the writing (the rhyme scheme used) and illustrations (watercolors) renders the book adorable by any reader of any age. I liked the book and give it 5 stars.

From the jacket flap:

"Cumulative rhymes are reassuring - they soothe and amuse and stay with us throughout our lives. This gentle story about "a napping house" will do all those things. It's a simple tale - just a cozy bed, with a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, a snoozing - but wait! there's a surprise, a delightful surprise, in store, and the youngest listeners will want to hear it again and again.
Superb full-color illustrations bring the quiet moments and small scenes to life with variety and grace. They supplement the tale, filling in charming details that go beyond the story and reflect a change in weather as well as in mood. Furry pets you yearn to stroke, floppy pillows, wet raindrops, and big, sleepy yawns, all convey the essence of rhymes and make them memorable.
Together author and illustrator have created a classic treasure for children and their children's children."

For more information, visit Audrey Wood Clubhouse

This book is the Winner of the 1984 Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers. This book is also a 1984 American Library Association Notable Book for Children.

Audrey and Don Wood live in Santa Barbara, California. They have written many well-loved books.

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