All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep – Crescent Dragonwagon

On a recent visit to the library to pick up a few books we had on hold, All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep caught my eye.  I threw it in my pile of books to be checked out from the library.  When our daughter got home from school, she quickly selected it for the first story to read that afternoon.  Although wonderful any time of the day, All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep is a marvelous bedtime story.  A little boy whose mother is trying to tuck him in for the night is meeting some resistance.  Her solution is to share with him how all the awake animals are growing tired and getting ready to sleep.  The animals are introduced in alphabetical order so this book is in fact an ABC book, but it is far more sophisticated than most introducing the reader to new vocabulary and excellent examples of alliteration.  In addition, the illustrations are stunning and bring the text to life for the reader.

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