By: Annabel Gardiner
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Do you want to sleep in a tree like a koala?
How about at the bottom of the ocean like a whale?
Or upside down in a cave like a bat?
Discover how different creatures go to sleep at night and imagine yourself snuggling down with them at bed time.
You can also try and spot the playful caterpillar hidden on every page.
Annabel Gardiner grew up in Bristol and has a BA Honours degree in English Literature from Queen's University Belfast. She now resides in Wiltshire with her family, Coco the dog and Scout the Shetland pony. Her debut novel "So How Will You Sleep" has been inspired and written for her two young children who share her passion for animals from all corners of the world. When she is not writing, Annabel can be found riding horses or walking in the countryside.
This is a gorgeous bedtime story for your little ones, my nearly 2 year old loves all the animal pictures and repeating their names! My 8-year-old also enjoyed this book with his little brother. A very enjoyable family bedtime story with amazing illustrations, would highly recommend it.
My little girl loves books and I think this one will be one of her favourites.
Love this book! What a treat!
Lovely book to read to children and it was brought to life by the wonderful illustrations.
I've been reading this book to my kids at bedtime for the past 2 weeks. They haven't gotten bored of it yet. This book is beautifully written with easy to remember rhyming words sorry cute to find the caterpillar.
Young children will run into a library and pick up a book whose cover catches their eyes. So How Will You Sleep?'s cover will do just that. The otters, drawn by Samantha Thorley, are adorable. The other animals and insects inside the story are just as darling.
So How Will You Sleep? by Annabel Gardiner can be used in homes or classrooms of various age groups. There are many one-syllable words preschoolers and young readers will master in no time. For toddlers, you can practice saying animal/insect names. Finally, I don't believe there's a single word an independent reader won't be able to pronounce.
Everyone will love the smiling, sleeping faces. I sure did. They put a smile on my face. :)
When you finish reading this story, go back and see if you can find all the hidden caterpillars, as Annabel Gardiner (the author) suggested. What a fun game! I must admit, I didn't even notice them until she pointed them out.
There are seven groups of sleepy heads in So How Will You Sleep, but many more slumber at night. Depending on your audience's age, ask them to name other animals that sleep at night and where. Maybe draw their favourite nighttime snoozer.
This is a super adorable bedtime children's book. The illustrations are just precious. The story is told using a repetitive rhyming scheme that is often found in similar books. The lines in the story needed to be separated a bit more. I think the rhyme is supposed to be two people going back and forth, but it reads like one person which was a little weird. Outside of that, I really enjoyed it.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
An adorable bedtime story for little ones! With calming artwork and fun examples of how different animals sleep in the wild, this fun picture book is a wonderful bedtime story that shows beautiful illustrations of nature at night and where animals sleep, as the parent asks the child where they will sleep and gives fun examples in a soothing rhythm.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
