Product Description

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #713417 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-24
• Released on: 2007-07-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780374304461
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K—This quiet book tells the story of a city girl who can't sleep. When she feels a breeze blow in through her open window, she gathers pillows, her blanket, and the family cat and follows the wind up to the roof of her building. She doesn't realize that her mother is also awake and is trailing her up the stairs. On the rooftop, the child snuggles into a bed made of two chairs pulled together and contemplates the wide world and the open sky, eventually falling asleep. The final scene shows her mother, sitting next to her and thoughtfully gazing at the full moon. The watercolor illustrations, some full-page, some panels, perfectly depict the shadows, darkness, and light of the slumbering city. The volume's small size makes it most appropriate for sharing one-to-one.—Ieva Bates, Ann Arbor District Library, MI
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From Booklist
*Starred Review* In a dark house, a girl lies awake while her family sleeps. Then a breeze floats through a window, and she follows it through her room, up a staircase, and onto a rooftop garden, where she makes a nest of chairs, pillows, and blankets, and finally falls asleep under a starry sky. Illustrator Bean makes his authorial debut in this quiet story that mixes a touch of whimsy with a meditative sense of calm. The spare sentences have a lulling rhythm that echo the words' soothing references to breath and breeze, while the silvery, ink-and-watercolor pictures add a quiet drama. Frames resembling movie stills zoom in on the solitary, small girl in the big room, and then zoom out in expansive aerial views as the girl gains a comforting sense of "the wide world all around her." Kids will recognize the girl's thrill in her small, private adventure, even as they're deeply reassured when Mom appears and sits with her sleeping daughter. Pair this peaceful, moonlit offering with Elisha Cooper's A Good Night Walk (2005). Engberg, Gillian

Review

Customer Reviews

Buy it! A must-have!
This book is one of the best examples of a story that has the child's eye. The engaging story that ends up on a roof top will be a mirror for children who live in an urban setting. For children who live outside of the city limits, Bean has created a welcome and refreshing introduction to the glorious aspects of being a city dweller. Mutliple readings will enable children to see new details and make fresh connections by viewing the flawless illustrations. This book will make a rich addition to any child's library. Highly recommended for school and classroom libraries!

At Night
This is a gentle, sweet bedtime story--with some of the most beautiful illustrations I've ever seen in a children's book. Also, the book is exactly the right lenght for my three year old daughter. She adores this book--as do I.

summer sleeping

This book is fun for those children who don't live in the city and wonder how children can have a fun time sleeping under the stars on a hot summer night. The pictures have just enough detail to be interesting without distracting from the story.