La casa adormecida, The Napping House, Del Sol Books

Author : Audrey Wood, Illustrator : Don Wood, Translators : Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy
Preschool - 2nd Grade

La casa adormecida
The Napping House

La casa adormecida, Softcover, Spanish, Book, Audrey Wood, Don Wood, Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 0152000534, # 6033s, $7.00
The Napping House, Hardcover, English, Book, Audrey Wood, Don Wood, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 0152567089, # 6034h, $17.00

A lovely cumulative tale with outstanding illustrations; the translation recaptures the rhythm of the original English version. Great for beginning readers and for choral reading. (K-2)

Listen to Vienna Rose read The Napping House to you. A marvelous example of the magical encounter between a child and books that we wish for all children.

Amazon : There is a house, a napping house, where everyone is sleeping. "Everyone," in this case is a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, a slumbering mouse... and a wakeful flea! Uh-oh. Looks like the napping house won't be napping for long. With their very own brand of humor, Audrey Wood and Don Wood create an appealing bedtime book compatible with Margaret Wise Brown's classic Goodnight Moon. This small, square board book, with its rhythmic, repetitive text and witty pictures in shades of ever-brightening blues and greens (as the night turns to day), is sure to be a winner with preschool insomniacs. The sleepy household congregates on Granny's bed, slowly building a very relaxed pile of bodies in shifting positions. Young readers will enjoy tracking the critters as they make their way, one by one, to the bed--and then guessing what will happen when the wakeful flea joins the heap. Be sure to look for this author-illustrator team's other hilarious collaborative efforts, including Piggies and Silly Sally. (Baby to preschool)