With Spring comes early morning days and so much to do. Today's read should slide into this thought process nicely. I'm assuming there will be tons of humor and plenty of moments to draw giggles and smiles. But let's just open it up and find out!
WAKE UP!!
by Benjamin Leavitt
Illustrated by Ethan Roffler
Fair Oak Books
Picture Book
44 pages
ages 3 to 8
COMING APRIL 20th!!!
This is no time to sleep! Too much fun to be had!
There’s a hippo in the bath, a gorilla doing math…joy and absurdity abound as an exuberant little girl awakens her dad with all the reasons why she can’t possibly stay asleep. A rhyming read-aloud that will help everyone (maybe!) catch a few more zzzzzzs.
MY TIDBITS
With energy in hyper-drive, these pages race through a little girl's imagination and leave in smile unexplored.
The stars are still out, but this little girl can't sleep anymore. Not knowing what else to do, she wakes her father up. He tries to explain that she should let him sleep unless there's an emergency...and according to the little girl, there is. But this emergency isn't what anyone might guess, and it rattles on into an avalanche of fantastical fun.
This is an adorable book, which is sure to draw giggles and more. The little girl's energy is catchy, and while listeners will sympathize with the father, they'll most likely, connect with the little girl as well. As she starts to explain the problem, surprise after surprise unfolds, and each described situation is more ridiculous than the last. Add that this is written in fairly smooth flowing rhyme, and it creates a fun read-aloud, which will have listeners wondering what will come next.
The text is fitting to the age group and brings across each moment with, usually, a line or two. It's just enough to introduce the situation before letting the illustrations take over. Each scene thrives off of the illustrations as the sheer ridiculousness comes across with clarity and chaos. Young listeners can flip through these on their own and enjoy the lively scenes.
It's a chaotic silliness, which lightens the mood and might even have listeners wanting to come up with their own ridiculous moments.
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