By Kate Prendergast (author) , Kate Prendergast (illustrator)
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A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month July 2018 | Gorgeous illustrations attractively answer any curious child’s question: where and how do different animals sleep? Moving quickly past the familiar indoor animals such as dogs and cats, Kate Prendergast shows geese sleeping on the pond, giraffes sleeping standing up, a sloth sleeping upside down and penguins sleeping on their feet in the freezing cold.
They also show bears who sleep all through the winter and ants who only sleep for a few moments at a time. Brief notes at the end provide exactly the right amount of information to add detail to the pictures. ~ Julia Eccleshare
Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month for July 2018:
A First Book of the Sea by Nicola Davies
Junkyard Jack and the Horse That Talks by Adrian Edmondson
All About Families by Felicity Brooks
A Stone for Sascha by Aaron Becker
Sleep by Kate Prendergast
The Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle
The Cook and the King by Julia Donaldson
Kate has written a lovely piece about her working methods and the materials she uses - you can download it here.
A non-fiction picture book. How do animals sleep? Some alone, some in packs, some upside-down, some in the daytime...Kate Prendergast takes a close look at the sleeping habits of a wide range of animals, birds and fish.
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Includes meerkats, bats, horses and dogs - and who knew that fish slept with their eyes open? A first information book, illustrated with beautiful close-ups of the animals featured, the book ends with a question - do animals dream? and four pages of curious animal facts.
Born and bred in North London Kate Prendergas t first studied design at Middlesex University. After years of working in the transport industry and raising a son and daughter Kate’s growing interest in Illustration led to an MA degree in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. Dog On A Digger is Kate’s second book after completing the Cambridge course. Her debut, Dog On A Train , was long-listed for the inaugural Klaus Flugge award.
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A non-fiction picture book. How do animals sleep?
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Sleep and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
Sleep features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations, Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Featured Books for 3+ readers
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Sleep was written by Kate Prendergast and published by Old Barn Books
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