The Napping House by Audery Wood Illustrations by Don Wood is an amazing team effort of husband and wife. The Illustrations are what first drew me to this book. They start with blues and grays and "cool tones". As the bed becomes piled high with sleeping Granny, child, dog, cat, mouse and flea, the warm colors begin to flood the room. Finally the wakeful flea causes chaos until it is "the napping house where no one now is sleeping". The illustrations are paired with humorous, repetitive text which builds on each page to engage and enthrall a young child. The Napping House is yet another must have in an elementary library.
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