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Chengdu Could Not, Would Not Fall Asleep
CCBC Review:
While everyone else in the bamboo grove slumbers, a panda named Chengdu is tossing, twitching, scrunching, rolling, even hanging upside down, but no matter what he does he can’t fall asleep. His eye-popping, wide-awake visage is one of the charms of a picture book in which the black and white panda is once shown as nothing but big open eyes. He finally climbs up high in a tree and finds a perfect spot to slumber. Too bad for his brother Yuan it’s right on top of him. A witty and wonderfully paced pairing of text and illustrations will definitely charm young readers and listeners, with occasional fold-out and varied trim-size pages adding to the fun. Honor Book, 2015 Charlotte Zolotow Award ©2015 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Barney Saltzberg
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 2-5
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Animals (Fiction)
Bedtime
Humor
Surprise Endings
On CCBC Booklist:
Charlotte Zolotow Award (for Outstanding Writing in Picture Books)
Publishers:
Disney, Hyperion
Publish Year: 2014
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781423167211
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Saltzberg
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