A father describes for his some how each animal on the farm goes to sleep.

This book asks the reader how does different farm animals sleep. For each animal it tells how they sleep. At the end of book it asks how do you sleep? Then it tells how you sleep

I enjoyed how the book went through how the different farm animals sleep. I think that that would be particularly interesting to younger children. I loved the ending when it ask how do you sleep? then it tells how a person sleeps.

We could use this book for the theme of farm animals we could talk about how they sleep, we could use it to familarize the children with farm animals before going on a field trip to a farm. ( )

The text is quite simple- a little boy is putting away his toy farm animals as he gets ready for bed, Daddy lies nearby waiting patiently, and as the child puts away each animal, he asks his daddy, for example 'how does a pig go to sleep- tell me how? How does a pig go to sleep?'

This is followed by a two page spread of the animal in question bedding down on a (mostly) very authentic looking family farm, in luminous watercolors. What makes this book extra special is the progression of expressions on the Daddy's face in between the two page spreads about the animals. His affection for his small son shines through, but he's a very human daddy. He surreptitiously yawns and checks his watch, with an expression on his face that made me laugh out loud.

Even the endpapers reward examination.

Amazon lists this as for 4-8 year olds, but I should have put it at 2-4 year olds myself.

Charming.

A father describes for his son how each animal on the farm goes to sleep.