When Everyone Was Fast Asleep by Tomie dePaola. PICTURE
BOOK. Holiday House, 2019. $18. 9780823442812
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW
A large cat, Token, wakes two children from their sleep on
the orders of the Fog maiden. They meet fantastical characters and attend a
ball and a tea party. They are returned to their beds by the Fog maiden and
sleep soundly.
I realize that Tomie dePaola is a classic author, and this
is a reprint of a 1976 book, but I found his pace here slow and boring. The art
was flat and uninteresting.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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