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No More Yawning!
By Paeony Lewis
Illustrated by Brita Granström
It’s bedtime for Florence and Arnold.
It’s seven o’clock and Florence’s yawns are getting bigger and bigger. But how can she and her much-loved toy monkey, Arnold, possibly get to sleep when there’s goodnight kissing, singing, stories, counting and drawing to be done? Eventually, an exhausted Mum thinks she might know how!
Published by
The Chicken House in the UK, June 2008
Hardback ISBN 978-1905294312 £5.99
Paperback ISBN 978-1905294688 £10.00
Scholastic (Chicken House imprint) in the USA, March 2008
Hardback ISBN 978-0545029575 $16.99
(I adore Brita’s endpapers on the hardback editions - a mass of drawings by Florence.)
Following on from No More Biscuits, this is the second story about the mischievous pair, Florence and Arnold.
Once again, my daughter inspired this story (I’ve been asked if she really is as determined as Florence - unfortunately my daughter is MORE determined!). We tried lots of methods to help her to sleep and for us what works for Florence also helps my daughter. The sleep tips at the end of the book also came about through our sleepy attempts to get a certain young lady to GO TO SLEEP!
When you’re sharing the story at bedtime, see if you can spot the clocks (they’re on lots of pages).
Yawning yawns as big as Florence is fun too!
www.paeonylewis.com © Paeony Lewis 2008
Illustrations from No More Yawning © Brita Granström 2008
Please note, no images may be reproduced without permission from the illustrator, Brita Granström
“...This has the same fresh and funny appeal as No More Biscuits!, and is an ideal read aloud at bedtime.” - The Children’s Bookseller (March 08)
“...wonderful lapsit...”
- School Library Journal
