Sleepy Farm: A Lift-the-Flap Book

by Joyce Wan

Overview

A sweet bedtime lift-the-flap follow-up to bestseller Peek-a-Boo Farm — from beloved creator Joyce Wan!

The moon and stars are shining bright.Let's tuck our farm friends in goodnight.From the adorable world of Joyce Wan comes a bedtime farm animal board book filled with large lift-the-flaps! Join in on the classic game of peek-a-boo with a pig, a sheep, and more sleepy farm animal friends by lifting the flaps to help tuck each critter into bed. A perfect goodnight board book read aloud with a simple interactive component babies and toddlers will love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338338713
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	01/07/2020
Pages:	14
Sales rank:	1,039,764
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Joyce Wan runs her own stationery and gift business, Wanart, which sells products in thousands of boutiques, museum shops, and gift stores worldwide. She is also the author and illustrator of many children's books, including You Are My Cupcake, We Belong Together, Are You My Mommy?, You Are My Magical Unicorn, and Peek-a-Boo Farm. Joyce lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey, but you can visit her at wanart.com.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Good Night, Sweetie:"Wan excels at creating board books that combine irresistibly adorable cartoon graphics with text that channels intimate, lovey-dovey conversations between parent and child." — Publishers WeeklyPraise for Peek-a-Boo Zoo:"The warm, round illustrations provide a soothing tone, making this a perfect late-afternoon read right before naptime." — Kirkus Reviews"Working in her characteristic aesthetic of rounded, chunky shapes, Wan assembles a cute-as-can-be cast that includes a penguin, hippo, and more . . . A fun addition to the book-as-game category." — Publishers WeeklyPraise for Hug You, Kiss You, Love You:"The book maintains the chunky digital graphics of Wan's previous titles, and clever visual details are everywhere, from thematically patterned backgrounds of bones, waves, and leaves to the recurring heart elements incorporated into the animals." — Publishers Weekly"Simple, boldly outlined art, rests atop bright, patterned backgrounds, and the type is large and playful. An affectionate little book for preschoolers — with glitter on the cover!" — BooklistPraise for We Belong Together:"Manga-like characterizations and a chunky, hip design deliver the cuddly sentiment with panache." — Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

2020-02-09
Each animal in this board book goes to bed with a lift of a flap.

Wan’s distinct, boldly outlined illustrations show each farm animal going to bed. The animals are tucked in with a simple rhyming couplet (“Off to sleep, / little sheep”), and the turn of the flap shows the animal, eyes closed and blanket pulled up, with their animal sound (“BAA”). The opening spread depicts all of the animals, eyes heavy, the moon and stars with sweet faces shining above them. In the pages that follow, there are darling details found in the background and on the animals’ blankets. There are buzzing dragonflies flying in heart patterns behind the frog, for example, and lily pads on its covers. After they’ve worked out some initial stiffness, little readers will enjoy pulling down the flap that transforms the animal’s face into its sleeping version tucked into bed. This say-goodnight-to-the animals concept has certainly been done before, and while Wan doesn’t usher in a new age of bedtime book, this does work as a well-paced, familiar outing, comforting to little ones and caregivers alike. It’s this familiarity that makes the book a suitable choice for winding down before bed, the ever hopeful line, “Ready to sleep / the whole night through,” echoing loudly in all caregivers’ ears.

The well-paced conventionality of this one makes it a pleasant bedtime read. (Board book. 1-2)

Kirkus Reviews