John Butler (1) (1952–)

This book is absolutely terrific! Ten adorable & different baby animals are all sleeping in a den when a small little mouse says " Roll over". Each little animal rolls over and out of the soft den to the bottom of a hill under a shady tree until the little mouse is all alone and rolls her or himself down the hill to be with her/his sleeping friends.What is also nice is that as each animal rolls down the hill they do so in ryhme. We are also starting to learn Chinese so we are also counting show more in Chinese as each animal rolls to the bottom.

I don't know how John Butler does it but the baby animals he draws look so soft and fluffy that you can't help but each out and touch the animals hoping to feel each and every adorable animal! and you just can't beat a book that can be either read or sung AND reinforces counting from 10 to 1! Definately worthy of being a 10* book! show less

The Pre K students in my class love this book, I do too. I have read it more than once. Right from the opening pages to the very end, the beautiful illustrations of baby animals at play combined with the large, swirling letters of the simple text, work simply to keep students interested and engaged. Each two-page spread asks a question that invites viewers to respond and participate with their own voice: "Can you growl like a bear?" They sure can! And they're happy to do so. A gorgeous book, show more it's one I would like to own for my classroom library. show less

This is a very interesting and educational book. This is about a little girl who ask what animals do while she is asleep at night. Her mother, goes through each animal that she has in her bedroom and tells what each of them do. She starts with one animal and then she adds one each time. This book could be used to introduce a lesson over numbers and how they add to each other. This could also be a great book to use when going over different types of animals and what they do. This also could show more be a good book for students to become creative and use their imagination as to what they think animal do while they are asleep at night. This book is fun yet could be used in a very educational manner. show less

This is such a cute book! It's set up in a pseudo-rhyme style and helps young children learn to count (each page has an increasing number of babies going to sleep). Also, I thought this was an interesting way to teach synonyms, as each page contains different ways of saying "sleep".