  | Oh, are you awake? Author: Shea, Bob | |
| Price: $23.08 | ||
Summary:
It's sleepy time for Lion and Penguin. Correction: it should be sleepy time for Lion and Penguin, but Lion's eyes aren't tired, and his ears would like a story. Penguin, however, is tired and nods off into sweet candy dreams--until a noise wakes him. "Oh, are you awake?" asks Lion sweetly, seated before a drum set.
| Illustrator: | Jarvis |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (02/15/24)
Booklist (04/15/24)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/02/24)
The Hornbook (00/01/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 04/15/2024 In this riotously funny take on bedtime stalling, two friends, a lion and a penguin, have a conflict. Penguin, perched on Lion’s mane, wants to go to sleep. Lion wants to hear a story, and Penguin makes the mistake of promising Lion a story after Penguin wakes up. In Penguin’s first dream, a robot dispenses huge amounts of candy until something causes the robot to fall apart in a stream of broken parts. Penguin wakes up to find Lion playing the drums. Penguin next dreams of riding a unicorn in the clouds, but the unicorn morphs into a monster after munching noisily on snacks; Lion has been rattling bags of chips. Finally, Lion’s bouncing on a trampoline derails Penguin’s dream of driving a train filled with puppies. The deft strokes of Jarvis' sweet illustrations create a sense of the sounds and movements that keep waking Penguin—until Penguin finally comes up with a surprise resolution that gives Lion a story and sends him to sleep. Charming. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
