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In this rhythmic springtime tale, animals of all kinds get ready to sleep. As the sun sets, fish find a place to hide, cats curl up, and sheep huddle in their wool coats. Still, not everyone is asleep . . . the minnow, the kitten, the lamb--and a little boy--are all awake (but not for long!).
Author Notes
Mim Green once shared many a bedtime story with her daughter, Phillis Gershator . Phillis is the author of Summer Is Summer and When It Starts to Snow . Co-author Mim was an animator, puppeteer, and award winning artist. A song by David Gershator written especially for Who's Awake? can be heard on the CD "This Is the Day! Storysongs and Singalongs." www.phillisgershator.com
Emilie Chollat has illustrated many books for young readers, including Ackamarackus and The Please and Thank You Book . She lives in Marseilles, France with her family. www.emiliechollat.com
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-In this cumulative tale, baby animals stay awake as their grown-ups go down for the evening. As the question "Who's asleep?" is asked of the creatures in the sea, pond, meadow, garden, and treetop, baby animals everywhere answer, "Not I!" A child dressed in a sheep costume frolics through the panels featuring snoozing fish, sleeping ducks, dreaming turtles, napping birds, snoring bees, curled-up cats, and caterpillars in silken beds. Once the boy gets to the pasture, it's party time as the sheep all jump and play until they drop. The boy's mother asks, "Is anyone awake?" Eventually the little lamb boy climbs into bed for his nap, just like all of the other baby animals. Chollat's playful and detailed illustrations will have readers taking a closer look to see if they can spot the boy in each spread. The repeated refrain of "Not I" is perfect for read-alouds and will surely encourage those listening to chime in. Pair this whimsical story with Claire Freedman's Snuggle Up, Sleepy Ones (Good Bks., 2005) or Julie Markes's Shhhhh! Everybody's Sleeping (HarperCollins, 2005) for a soothing storytime.-Stacy Dillon, LREI, New York City (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Spring-toned illustrations portray various animals (ducks, cats, etc.) in their natural habitats, with all but one young critter (duckling, kitten, etc.) fast asleep. Each spread also shows a little boy wearing a sheep's costume. The joke, which may require a few readings to get, is that he's another sleep shirker: at book's end, his mother spots him hiding behind a tree. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
"Down, down goes the sun, / And down in the sea, / Fish find a safe place to hide. // Who's asleep? / 'Not I,' says the minnow." Habitat by habitat, a child dressed in a lamb costume investigates the possible sleepers: ducks in the pond, turtles near the pond, bees in the garden, birds in the trees and so on. Gershator and Green provide a sweetly rhythmic cumulative survey of the fauna; Chollat supplies bright, flat acrylic-and-collage illustrations to depict the fun, but she sacrifices recognizable realism to the detriment of the whole. The duckling looks like an adult duck; the baby jay looks like a yellow cartoon chick (as do all the presumably adult jays). The reason for this can be seen in the child's bedroom accessories, but that last spread comes too late to satisfy quibblers. (Picture book. 2-5) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
This rhyming, cumulative text about young animals getting ready to sleep is patterned after the Little Red Hen: Down, down goes the sun, / And down in the sea, / Fish find a safe place to hide. / Who's asleep? / Not I,' says the minnow. The turtles, ducklings, bees, cats, birds, and caterpillars respond likewise. Sharp eyes will notice visual clues of a toddler's chin and hand in the water in the first spread and his feet in the water and red sneakers on the ground in the next. When all the sheep go to sleep, the child's mother asks, Is anyone awake? and a perky face wearing a lamb costume peeks around a tree guess who? The pop-eyed cartoon faces are appealing, while the clever compositions add a look-and-find element. A playful and inviting bedtime tale.--Cummins, Julie Copyright 2010 Booklist
