All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep

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By Crescent Dragonwagon

Illustrated by David McPhail

On Sale
Oct 2, 2012
Page Count
40 pages
ISBN-13
9780316230704

My little one, lay down your head.
It’s time to doze, it’s time for bed.
You tell me, “I’m not sleepy now.”
“Just try,” I say. You ask me, “How?”

In this lyrical animal ABC book, a mother tries to tuck her child in for the night by telling him about all the awake animals that are getting sleepy. From antlered Antelope to zzz-ing Zebra, this alphabet of animals becomes an exquisite celebration of language and nature, just right for lulling even the most wide-awake little ones into a cozy, soothing slumber.

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$9.99

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$12.99 CAD

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ebook (Digital original)

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ebook (Digital original) $9.99 $12.99 CAD

Crescent Dragonwagon

Crescent Dragonwagon

About the Author

Crescent Dragonwagon is an award-winning author of more than 50 books, over half of them picture books, including Always, Always, which received the Parents’ Choice Literary Honor, and the Coretta Scott King Award-winning Half a Moon and One Whole Star, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, which was a Reading Rainbow selection. She has also written two novels and several acclaimed cookbooks. The daughter of legendary children’s book writer and editor Charlotte Zolotow, she published her first children’s book at age 17 (Rainy Day Together, Harper, 1970). She lives in Vermont. Visit her online at http://www.dragonwagon.com.

David McPhail has been a passionate artist since the age of two. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and began illustrating books for children in 1972. Since then he has created dozens of beloved books, including the celebrated Mole Music, which was a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year, the bestselling If You Were My Bunny, Edward and the Pirates, Lost! and Drawing Lessons from a Bear. He lives in New Hampshire.

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David McPhail

About the Illustrator

David McPhail has been a passionate artist since the age of two. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and began illustrating books for children in 1971. Since then he has helped to create over one hundred books, including the first book starring Baby Bear, I Promise; the celebratedMole Music, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year; and the bestselling If You Were My Bunny, Lost!, and Drawing Lessons from a Bear. David lives in New Hampshire.

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