Sleep Like a Tiger

A 2013 Caldecott Honor Book

In this magical bedtime story, the lyrical narrative echoes a Runaway Bunny - like cadence: "Does everything in the world go to sleep?" the little girl asks. In sincere and imaginative dialogue between a not-at-all sleepy child and understanding parents, the little girl decides "in a cocoon of sheets, a nest of blankets," she is ready to sleep, warm and strong, just like a tiger. The Caldecott Honor artist Pamela Zagarenski's rich, luminous mixed-media paintings effervesce with odd, charming details that nonsleepy children could examine for hours. A rare gem.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 10/23/2012
ISBN: 9780547641027
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.20h x 11.20w x 0.50d
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award - Finalist
Award: Caldecott Medal - Honor Book
Award: Charlotte Zolotow Award - Honor Book

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2012
Publishers Weekly 10/01/2012 pg. 95
Booklist 10/01/2012 pg. 54
New Yorker (The) 10/14/2012 pg. 18
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2012 pg. 71
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2012
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2012 pg. 30
School Library Journal 12/01/2012 pg. 94
Shelf Awareness 12/18/2012
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2013 pg. 14
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 35 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 154173 / Sleep Like a Tiger
Reading Level: 2.9 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5