Who's Not Asleep

By Shirley Hillard

     The simple story, repetition, and bold colors in this picture book are sure to be a hit with toddlers and preschool age children. The first spread features eight recognizable animals who are having fun at night. The subsequent spreads show each animal awake and then asleep. It concludes with a little girl looking out the window of her house at all the animals asleep in the yard. Then the little girl is cozily tucked into bed, "Goodnight, honey".

     This book would make a nice bedtime story for very young children and can also serve as a book teaching opposites: awake and asleep. I would recommend this as a good book to have on the shelf for bedtime reading.