Pistes d'exploration

Join in (choral read) as the book is read aloud.

Make a list of the verbs in the book. Notice the ‘ing’ endings. Can you think of ways to categorize the verbs?

Sequence the story in either words or pictures.

Organize words in terms of characters, sleeping words and active words.

Sequence the visual elements of the story and label them with a partner. 

Talk about good sleeping habits and their advantages/effects. Chart the information.

Make a poster promoting one good sleeping habit. Include a sentence to explain it.

Little Hoot, Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That, While You Were Napping, Sleep Like a Tiger

Mots-clés

Humour , Picture book , bedtime , cause and effect , cumulative stories , recurrent patterns , surprise endings

Commentaire descriptif

In the same vein as “This is the House That Jack Built” and just as fun to read aloud, this timeless, cumulative tale involves a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, a slumbering mouse and a wakeful flea all piled atop one another “in a napping house where everyone is sleeping.” Until the flea takes a bite out of one them, that is, and they all come crashing down. The simple language and repetitive structures in this book invite and facilitate choral or dramatic readings. Realistic double-page oil paintings start out in rainy nighttime tints of blue and gradually brighten up as the story progresses. Rendered in comical detail, each illustration plays up the facial expressions and body language of the various members in the tangled heap. The last page depicts the entire wakeful household, a rainbow sky and sunny morning light. The 25th anniversary edition includes a CD with a reading of the tale and six original songs.