Down in the Woods at Sleepytime

by Carole Lexa Schaefer

Book Overview

Soothe a child to sleep-and meet the most fetching menagerie of woodland babies ever! It's sleepytime down in the woods, but not one of the baby animals is ready to go to bed. The bear cubs want to play, the little hedgehogs are hungry, the bunnies are peek-a-booing, the toadlets are singing-and their mamas are at their wits' end! Will Grandma Owl finally find a way to settle everyone down to sleep? Carole Lexa Schaefer's delightful wordplay and Vanessa...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763608432
• ISBN13: 9780763608439
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.7" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

deep in the woods at sleepytime

I have never heard of this book before I checked it out at my daughters school libray. It is a good book to read before bedtime. My mom got this book for me for a school report and it is easy for me to read and understand. I like her to read it before I go to sleep at night. I would tell my friends about this book because it is a good book and it is about animals. I really like the end when the grandma owl comes out to tell a short story about the animals and then she says "sweet dreams". as a closing this was an interesting and fun book to read and I even purchased 5 other books similar to this one for my girls i know they will enjoy, thank you... Briana Adams//mom- Tonya Adams

Love this book!

I have been reading this book before bedtime to my son since he was born and he is now 9 months old. It's such a cute story and it holds his attention. I loved it so much, I just purchased it as a shower gift for my friend.

We love the toadlets too

I had not heard of nor seen this book until my 18-month-old son found it in the library -- and now he wants to bring it home every time -- and we have to read it every night. (So it's on his Santa list this Christmas.) It's hard to describe his reaction to this story, but when we read it, I can feel his entire body relax. (And yes, he likes the goo, glup sounds of the toadlets the best.) I read with different voices for the tiny animals, and a sing-song voice for the Wise Grandma Owl. It's important to mention, too, that I like the simplicity, repetition, and calming tone of this book. And I love to read it to my son. Which is important when purchasing children's books...you'll be reading them a thousand times!

Gets you from the very start!!

My three year-old daughter happened upon this book at the library the other day and we fell in love with it the first time we read it. She absolutely loved the illustrations of the little furry animals. But even more, she loved the language that the author used for the different animals. The baby toadlets were her favorite in the ubp, glup mud.As a parent and teacher, is a great book for getting a younger child to follow a pattern. On each page "deep down in the woods at sleepytime" is used to start and then the pictures allow for further hints to the words that follow.This is a page turner for my daughter and I love the rhythm that is created by the words. The language is soothing and gets my daughter ready for bed in an instant. This will be a book that we will definitely add to her library in the near future!