So Sleepy Story

by Shulevitz, Uri; Shulevitz, Uri

• ISBN13: 9780374370312
• ISBN10: 0374370311
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-08
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Summary

In a sleepy sleepy house everything is so sleepy until music drifts in through an open window. Chairs begin to rock, dishes begin to dance, and a sleepy boy opens his eyes to the revelry of the once-sleepy house. Then, softly, the music drifts out, and everything is sleepy sleepy once more. With his soothing text and gentle, whimsical illustrations, Uri Shulevitz has created the ultimate sleepy sleepy bedtime story.

Author Biography

URI SHULEVITZ, recipient of the Caldecott Medal for The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome, is also the author and illustrator of numerous books, including Rain Rain Rivers and two Caldecott Honor Books, Snow and The Treasure. He lives in New York City.

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"Shulevitz's latest winning picture book evokes the lulling rhythms of Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon (1974), but adds a thrilling animation to a quiet bedroom scene."  --Starred, Booklist

 

"An ode to the predictable rhythms yet also the surprising moments that comprise an ordinary day."  --Starred, Publishers Weekly

 

"There is much for [youngsters] to see and enjoy here.  A bedtime bonanza."  --Starred, School Library Journal

 

"A dreamy story.  Assuredly soporific for snoozing."  --Kirkus Reviews

 

"An appealing book whose blue-tinted watercolors could induce nodding off all on their own."--The New York Times Book Review 

 

"Audiences will adore the rampant yet benevolent animism."  --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

 

"The faces on the personified objects will pull children in."  --The Horn Book