The Napping House and Its Sequel
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The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood, an illustrated children’s book
If you haven’t read the “cumulative story,” The Napping House, then you are in for a treat.
Read it, and then we can all be in for a treat when Audrey and Don Wood’s beautiful sequel, “Full Moon at the Napping House” hits the shelves on September 1st (2015).
You may be familiar with other cumulative stories like “The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly,” and “The House that Jack Built.” The Napping House is different in that it cumulatively builds the napping pile of people and pets, then it subtracts each in their own particular way. Its listing targets two and three year olds, and that seems about right. My daughter and I read The Napping House nearly every day for a year! After a hiatus brought about by moving house and temporarily archiving the book, she picked it off of her shelf yesterday. She’s still three, so she’s in the target range, and she seems to love it as much or more than ever.
Full Moon at the Napping House is targeted at four to seven year olds. I am interested to see how the story can be faithful to the original’s mechanism, yet augment the depth enough to capture its new demographic.
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The cumulative story of The Napping House is a delight that unravels into a glorious ending. More than that, the illustrations are captivating. They have wonderful detail that makes each character worthy of a discussion with little readers. At the same time, there is not too much detail so as to become distracting. The quality of the illustrations should push you to the larger format book, if you have the option. We have the small board book, but we have borrowed the hardback from the library and were doubly enchanted by the larger format. Our favorite story in the illustration is the progress that the flea makes across the page as the characters form their sleepy pile.
Do you have a comment about The Napping House, or could you recommend another cumulative story or song? Let me know it the comments, below.
The Napping House
Age Range: 2 – 3 years
Series: Red wagon books
Board book: 16 pages
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; Brdbk edition (September 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0152026320
ISBN-13: 978-0152026325
Full Moon at the Napping House
Age Range: 4 – 7 years
Grade Level: Preschool – 3
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers (September 1, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0544308328
ISBN-13: 978-0544308329
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