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| Time to Sleep (An Owlet Book) | 
 enlarge | Author: Denise Fleming
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 84850
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 4 x 0.1
ISBN: 0805067671
EAN: 9780805067675
ASIN: 0805067671
Publication Date: September 15, 2001
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Product Description
A warm, inviting bedtime book from a Caldecott winning illustrator.Bear sniffed once.She sniffed twice."I smell winter in the air," said Bear. "It is time to crawl into my cave and sleep. But first I must tell Snail."Denise Fleming presents a warm-hearted story about animals of the forest settling down for their winter nap. But, like children who must go to bed for the night, they each find a way to put it off just a little bit longer. Richly illustrated in fall colors, Denise Fleming's story book world is right on target for preschoolers.
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 Future Librarian is always pleased when it's "Time to Sleep" March 11, 2008
Caldecott Honoree Denise Fleming is back with a great introduction to the concept of hibernation. Bear sees that it's time to go to sleep for the winter, and the message is passed from snails to skunks in the forest so that all are prepared for the impending season and model the idea of looking out for others. Ms. Fleming's unusual illustrations process, combining complimentary colors, stencils and cotton pulp, provide unforgettable results. Alliteration abounds, encouraging phonological awareness in the early reader. While "Sleepy Bear" by Lydia Dabcovich also explores hibernation, "Time to Sleep" remains a superior choice, due to the tremendous world Fleming builds through patterned language and evocative vocabulary, where woodchucks sigh and turtles ramble
Teaches a valuable lesson October 29, 2002
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
My 3 year old loves this book for the beautiful illustrations of the animals and the forest during Autumn. However, one night after we read it a bedtime, she looked over at me and said that she liked "how all of the animals took care of each other." If she can get this simple, yet crucially important lesson from a children's book, I would say that the author has gone above and beyond her intentions.
A BEAUTIFUL TREAT September 27, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is another stunning sucess for Fleming. Beautiful illustrations, which employ autumn-ish color schemes, make for a visual treat, while the story conveys a wonderful message of social responsibility. Highly recommended for bedtime as well as discussions about hibernation (all the information about each animal's hibernation behavior is accurate, and obviously researched).
I loved using this book with my kindergarten class!! July 9, 1999
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book to use when explaining the concept of hibernation and change of season. There is a terrific flow from page to page with a "surprise" ending that my students loved. It is a wonderful spring-board for class discussions and "acting - out" activities!
 A quick look at the book, author, and illustrator. May 6, 1999
4 out of 36 found this review helpful
The leaves are changing color and the days are getting cooler. " I smell winter in the air," said bear. " It is time for me to crawl into my cave and sleep." " But I must tell snail first." As a forest of friends, realize that the leaves are changing and that winter is coming, they must tell each other. It starts with bear, and she tells snail. Snail tells skunk then skunk must tell turtle and the list goes on. Finally, ladybug gets the message and she goes to tell bear. When she gets there, bear is already sleeping in her cave. Lady bug wakes up bear and tells her that winter is near and that is time for her to crawl into her cave and sleep. Bear says "Ladybug, I am in my cave and I was sleeping." Ladybug says she is sorry. Then all the animals say goodnight to each other. This book is not very exciting compared to most children's books. There is not really a turning point. All that the tale does is repeat the same thing from animal to animal. The animals just tell each other that winter is coming and that it is time to sleep. Author Denise Fleming did a poor job of writing the story. The moral of the story, which is to go to sleep when it is bedtime, was weak. She could have easily put in more detail and action and still get the same point across. Even though the author did a bad job with lack of excitement she did do a good job of describing the setting and what was going on. When snail is moving Fleming used the words " slowly slithered", when she described how turtle moved, she used the words " trudged up Woodchucks hill," and she used the words " scritch and scratch" to describe how skunk was digging. By using these words the reader can picture how the animals were moving. Although the writing was bad the illustrations were good. The pictures are the only thing that the book has going for it. The illustrator did a great job of showing detail and using bright colors. The leaves were bright and different colors, just as they would be expected to be in the fall. Good detail was also used with the shape of the leaves, trees, animals, and each animal's house. Some other good things about the book are that the print is big, there are only a few sentence on each page, and there are not very many big words. These are good examples of why this book would be good for kids who are learning how to read. Because there are not a lot of big words, so kids would be able to understand what they are reading. Time to Sleep would make a great bedtime story, because it would probably bore kids to death. This book would be a great story for kids to read, but because of its lack of excitement it wouldn't be a very good book to read to them. - Jessica Pace
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