Synopsis In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite.
On a gray, rainy day, a snoring grandmother sleeps in a cozy bed. She doesn't awaken, even after she is joined by a dreaming grandchild, a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, and a slumbering mouse. However, on that mouse is a wakeful flea--who bites the mouse, who scares the cat, who claws the dog, who thumps the child, who bumps the granny. This cumulative rhyme demonstrates how something as small as a flea can change a house full of napping creatures, to a house full of wide-awake creatures enjoying the now sunny day. Oil paintings on pressed board accompany the rhyming text.
This is a pop-up version of the story.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1994-11-01 | | Illustrator: | Don Wood | | Edition Description: | Pop-Up |
| Size | | Height: | 11.3 in | | Width: | 10.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 23.2 oz |
Publisher's Note Commemorating the tenth anniversary of The Napping House, the classic bedtime story becomes a full-color pop-up book, dramatizing the consequences of piling one too many sleepy-headed people and animals in one cozy bed.
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