Elementary

 The Napping House

Audrey Wood, Don Wood 

"There is a house, a napping house, where everyone is sleeping." And so begins this frolicking story as the book opens with a granny and her grandchild sleeping. They are soon joined by the household's animal inhabitants one at a time in rhythmic, cumulative text until...uh, oh. The top of the pile is joined by a flea...a wakeful flea! One at a time the text reverses as each wakes, the creamy soft color of the pages growing progressively lighter as the morning nears.  

Beautifully written and illustrated by the authors of Piggies and The Moonflute this book will capture your heart.

Booklist Editors' Choice; Golden Kite Award; IRA/CBC Children's Choice; NCTE Teachers' Choice; New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year.

-Jenna Remilard
Staff Editor

Jenna Remilard writes between homeschooling her two children and caring for her household tucked away in the backwoods of rural New England .