Time to Sleep

by Fleming, Denise; Fleming, Denise

• ISBN13: 9780805067675
• ISBN10: 0805067671
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-15
• Publisher: Square Fish

Summary

A warm, inviting bedtime book from a Caldecott winning illustrator. Bear sniffed once. She sniffed twice. "I smell winter in the air," said Bear. "It is time to crawl into my cave and sleep. But first I must tell Snail." Denise Fleming presents a warm-hearted story about animals of the forest settling down for their winter nap. But, like children who must go to bed for the night, they each find a way to put it off just a little bit longer. Richly illustrated in fall colors, Denise Fleming's story book world is right on target for preschoolers.

Author Biography

Denise Fleming was awarded a Caldecott Honor for In the Small, Small Pond. She also wrote and illustrated In the Tall, Tall Grass, Lunch, Count!, Barnyard Banter, Where Once There Was A Wood, Mama Cat Has Three Kittens, Pumpkin Eye, and The Everything Book. Ms. Fleming creates the illustrations for her books by pouring colored cotton pulp through hand-cut stencils. The result--unforgettable images set in handmade paper. She lives in Toledo, Ohio.

Table of Contents

"This exuberant cumulative tale teaches a science lesson as it tells a story. Bear can tell ... it is time to hibernate. But before she crawls into her cave to go to sleep, she alerts Snail, who tells Skunk, who tells Turtle, and on and on, until silly, enthusiastic Ladybug awakens Bear to give her the news she already has.... The beautifully textured double-page spreads are expressive and funny." --Booklist