You Are Not Sleepy!

by Mark Teague, Mark Teague (Illustrator)

Overview

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author-illustrator Mark Teague comes a funny bedtime picture book that is “storytelling hog heaven” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) about a pig who can’t go to sleep no matter how hard he tries!

Pig knows it’s time for a nap, but he just can’t fall asleep! He tries to catch that elusive shut-eye in a series of hilarious hijinks but can’t escape interruptions and distractions. Then, a rowdy friend arrives who also seems to be in need of sleep, and Pig has a flash of inspiration... Can his latest idea finally send them both to dreamland?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781665940740
Publisher:	Beach Lane Books
Publication date:	10/15/2024
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	10.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Mark Teague is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books include Fly!, King Kong’s Cousin, We Are Going to Be Pals!, and You Are Not Sleepy!. He is also the illustrator of Cat Dog, written by Mem Fox; the Bat, Cat & Rat series, including the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award–winning second book Vacation, written by Ame Dyckman; and the New York Times bestselling How Do Dinosaurs...? series, written by Jane Yolen.

Mark Teague is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books include Fly!, King Kong’s Cousin, We Are Going to Be Pals!, and You Are Not Sleepy!. He is also the illustrator of Cat Dog, written by Mem Fox; the Bat, Cat & Rat series, including the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award–winning second book Vacation, written by Ame Dyckman; and the New York Times bestselling How Do Dinosaurs...? series, written by Jane Yolen.

Editorial Reviews

★ 07/15/2024

A first acrylic image by Teague (King Kong’s Cousin ) sets the comic stakes of this naptime picture book: an anthropomorphized, brown-spotted pink piglet in a mesh-sided crib reaches plaintively toward the departing human hand, portrayed with brown skin, holding a picture book. Now that storytime is over, the pig faces a familiar problem: it may be time for a nap, but “you are not sleepy.” Unable to get comfortable, the would-be snoozer takes matters into its own hooves. Clambering out of the playpen, the protagonist ostensibly begins crafting a more soporific environment, only to engage in a spiraling chain of actions and reactions. Closing a window shade, for example, leads to turning on a flashlight that lures moths into the room, while spilling a glass of water leads to the pig’s blow-drying everything in sight—including its own armpits. When the creature finally feels cozy, a new arrival suddenly shifts the character from nap avoider into stern nap enforcer. It’s storytelling hog heaven, with narrative twists, delightfully deadpan visuals, and resonant themes of autonomy, mischievousness, ingenuity, and emerging responsibility. Ages 4–8. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

Teague's naptime comedy of errors will surely elicit giggles from little ones, and the direct address text makes it especially well suited to a silly story time....Just right for naptime, this is sure to resonate with decidedly not sleepy children and their beleaguered adults.

10/15/2024 - Booklist

2024-10-12
A pig struggles to take a nap.

When storytime ends, the pig (referred to as “you” in this tale told in second person) tries to settle in but can’t. “The room is too bright!” So the pig pulls down the shades. Uh-oh. “Now the room is too dark.” Every time the pig finds a solution to one of the problems causing sleeplessness, another arises. The pig turns on a flashlight to banish the darkness, but moths are instantly attracted to the light. Opening a window gets rid of the moths, but now birdsong keeps the pig awake. As our protagonist dons a pair of headphones to muffle the noise, nap time turns into a dance party. Though the often dull palette and arrhythmic text may not seem like the ingredients for an engaging read, the comical predicaments the pig encounters make for an endearing story (though it’s debatable whether this tale will get young readers in the mood for sleep or rile them up all the more). The delightful conclusion, which puts the pig in charge of storytime and sees our protagonist falling asleep at last, may empower little ones to take charge of their reading and become a little more willing to embrace bedtime themselves.

A slow-building but satisfying story.(Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews